218 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents
Beginnings -- Heading North -- Darwin B.B. (before "Blitz") -- Stars and Stripes -- War --19th February 1942 -- "Stick 'em up" -- "Intention is to hold Darwin" -- Fighter pilots -- Night raiders -- Darwin Navy -- Rendezvous with death -- They fed the commandos -- The "Bull" -- Vale "Voyager" -- Tojo rings the bell -- Ordeal by water -- Parsons week-end -- Journey's end
Summary
Account of the Second World War from the perspective of Darwin residents
Notes
Library's Whelan copy has original dustjacket; signed and inscribed in ink by the author 4.10.47, "To the Library for Australian Authors, Parliament House, Canberra with the compliments of the author". ANL