Happy Dispatches (1934) By A. B. Paterson
"Happy Dispatches" is based on Banjo Patterson's war experiences as a war reporter. This book is a collection of articles written around the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is an intriguing account of the difficulties he faced. How he became a British Army Remount Officer during the Boer War. The book contains Sir Alfred Milner - Winston Churchill - Lord Roberts, French, Haig, and Others - Lord Derby - A Dutch Consul - General Chaffee - "Chinese" Morrison - An Unknown Celebrity - Marie Lloyd - Phil May - Rudyard Kipling - Captain Glossop - Lady Dudley - Captain Towse, V.C. - "Hell-Fire Jack" - Lord Allenby - Lord Allenby.
Journalistic pieces from Banjo Paterson's days as a War Correspondent in the Boer War, the Boxer Rebellion & WWI Palestine.
- Hard Cover
- 210 pages
- In Fair Condition- Some Pages have come off Spine