{"product_id":"the-last-veteran-harry-patch-and-the-legacy-of-war-by-peter-parker","title":"THE LAST VETERAN: Harry Patch and the Legacy of War by Peter Parker","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE LAST VETERAN: Harry Patch and the Legacy of War\u003cbr\u003eby Peter Parker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780007265503\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fourth Estate 2009\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 135 w x 200 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 328\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2209\/0398\/U407\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eThis moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Patch was born in 1898 and was conscripted in 1916. He served with a Lewis gun team at the Battle of Passchendaele and in September 1917 was wounded by a shell that killed three of his comrades. After the war, Patch returned to Somerset to work as a plumber, a job he continued to do until his retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eAs new with only wear on dust jacket and faint spotting on page edges. Cover is deliberately made to look old. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450329284900,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/imagescomingsoon.jpg?v=1787169984","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-last-veteran-harry-patch-and-the-legacy-of-war-by-peter-parker","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}