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    All Valiant Dust: An Irishman Abroad
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    All Valiant Dust: An Irishman Abroad

    By Peter Ross

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    For many of its participants, the Second World War was the most intense period of their lives - with horizons widened by grief, strangeness and excitement. Peter Ross, graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, to become a troop commander in Montgomery's Eighth Army. He took ship to Egypt and was active in the Western Desert campaign, concluding with El Alamein, a memorable and historic battle which marked the turning-point of the war. Hospitalized and awarded the Military Cross, Ross returned to take part in the D-Day landings, the liberation of Brussels and the advance on the Rhine .All Valiant Dust is a young Irishman's experience of war, vividly recounted with compassion and humour. Its painfully realized remembrance of the din and tempo of desert conflict, and much besides, documents extraordinary times.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Lilliput Press
    Release dateJan 1, 1992
    ISBN9781843514022
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    Peter Ross

    Peter Ross trabaja como periodista freelance en Escocia desde 1997. Ha escrito para medios como The Guardian, Sunday Times, The Times, National Geographic Traveler, Scotland On Sunday y Boston Review. Es un invitado frecuente en el programa de Shereen Nanjiani de Radio Escocia y en otros programas. Ha sido galardonado en nueve ocasiones con los premios de la prensa escocesa y es miembro del premio de periodismo Orwell. También es autor de dos colecciones de periodismo. La primera, Daunderlust, salió a la luz en 2014. La segunda es The Passion Of Harry Bingo. Sus escritos han aparecido en periódicos y revistas nacionales del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos. Su obra más reciente, ‘Una tumba con vista’ ganó el premio de no ficción en los Premios Nacionales del Libro de Escocia. También es autor de las colecciones Daunderlust y The Passion Of Harry Bingo. Vive en Glasgow.

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