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Should be compulsory reading for our school children. Wish I had the movie rites. Demonstrates struggle against adversity, determination, initiative, conviction all of the good traits our future generation should strive for.
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I found this book utterly compelling and am so ashamed that we have not heard about this incredible man. Quoting the blurb on the back cover which says it all, he was 'a war hero, decorated in battle, a pioneer of photography at the battle field during WW1, a writer, spy, scientist an aviator in its fledgling years, a naturalist', 'he was the first man to fly in the Antarctic and the first to navigate a submarine under polar ice'. 'Born and raised in South Australia, Wilkins is one of the greats of history and his achievements in so many fields will never be equalled.' Simon Nasht's book kept me enthralled to the very end and is a book that will be taken from my book shelf and read again and again.
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