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The Ridge and the River a wartime Australian classic
A review lauds Hungerford work The Ridge and the River as the finest Australian war novel to date describing a jungle patrol in New Guinea, its authentic characters Lovatt Wilder and Alec Shearwood, and the Kanakas role, comparing it with The Naked and the Dead as an American counterpart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich Maria Remarque
Henri Barbusse
Richard Hillary
Germany
Tobruk
Eric Lambert
T. A. G. Hungerford
New Guinea
Hungerford
Junges Oy
Alec Shearwood
Wilder
Lovatt
Deptoy
H.Q
Hunger Torch
Lawrence of Arabia
Ife
Morman Mailer
Mailer
Faroo
Lkely
Spiers
Longreach