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Kokoda Track: 101 Days
by Peter Macinnis
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black dog books' award-winning history series The Drum uses first-person accounts and non-fiction to bring history roaring to life.
This is the extraordinary story of a small force defeating a much larger one. It is the tale of the 550 men of the 39th Militia Battalion — called chocos because the regular soldiers thought they'd melt under pressure. In eight short and brutal weeks — from 20 August 1942 — these soldiers slowed, and eventually stopped, the advance of 6000 experienced Japanese troops of the Nankai division across the massive Owen Stanley range.
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Shortlisted
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards
Shortlisted
Young People's History Prize, 2007 New South Wales Premier's History Awards
Reviews
Macinnis’ 101 Days joins a small library on the subject. The maps and illustrations are excellent
— Sydney Morning Herald
This is an amazing and inspiring story of the defence of the Kokoda Track
— Reading Time
Kokoda Track: 101 Days is a surprisingly dense and detailed account for ages 12 and up that holds the reader’s interest through the classic appeal of the ripping yarn.
— Jane Sullivan, The Age
...supported by good maps, a few contemporary photographs and peripheral strips of background information – potted biographies, weaponry, geography etc – Kokoda Track offers teenagers a succinct overview of this important episode in our military history. A chronology, glossary and index enhance its application to the classroom.
— Magpies
