Yesterday's Drums - Echoes From the Wasteland of War

Through the 1930s Tony Vercoe's carefree college days in Nelson had seemes remote from the rise of Nazism on the other side of the world. Then as a response to looming war, territorial service in Wellington led to a journey across diverse wartime landscapes, through actions graphically described, and among people faithfully recalled.

Lyriacal and forthright, Tony Vercoe's tightly written, fast-moving chronicle describes events rich in humour and humanity:

- Baptism of fire and blood in the desert

- Rommel himself at Sidi Azeiz, and what really happened there

- Leading the singing of 'Silent Night' in Bardia at Christmas

- From the Turkish border to Minqar Qaim and the nightmare of Benghazi

- Malaria, escape and betrayal in northern Italy

- Planning escape from German Stalags; the bombing of Dresden

- A long march westwards and the impact of Buchenwald

- VE-Day in London.

YESTERDAY'S DRUMS evokes one man's war with power and immediacy - it is an engrossing, memorable read.

- from the dust-jacket.

Yesterday's Drums - Echoes From the Wasteland of War
Tony Vercoe
Steele Roberts
Wellington
2001
First edition
Signed
Hard-back
Black cloth board with gold titles on front and spine
pp.207
Very good second-hand condition
Binding tight
Pages clean
Security tag affixed to back pastedown end-paper
Dust-jacket slightly yellowed, otherwise as new