In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family. Book.So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be required, particularly for Canadian and Overseas shipments, but not usually to the USA. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS.

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We ship from British Columbia in Canada, and from Washington State in the USA. An 'as new' copy - bright and fresh with a tight, square binding and uncreased spine. Dedicated presentation inscription and author's signature to the title page. x, 266 pages : illustrations, maps 23 cm. and surroundung communities who died in WWI serving their country. The spine remains undamaged.Ĭard Wrappers. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Fascinated by this unknown story and realising the historical value of the diaries he engaged an editor, Patrick Wilson, who prepared them for publication. None of this was known until Fraser gregg chanced upon a suitcase belonging to his father, Eric Evans. From practical jokes and flirtations with nurses to politics to the misery of life in the trenches, it adds a unique and authentic voice to the annals of Australians at war. His thoughtful writing captures a young soldier's life in all its contradictions. In diaries that he kept throughout his ordeal, vivid and honest descriptions of life as an infantry Sergeant are mingled with an overpowering yearning for his sweetheart Dorothy Wright, patiently awaiting his return to Sydney.

During the next two years he was wounded twice, badly gassed and saw countless friends and comrades die in nightmarish circumstances. But nothing could prepare him for the horrors of the Western Front. When 19 year old Sergeant Eric Evans embarked on a troop ship bound for France in 1917, he was already a Galliopoli veteran and a seasoned campaigner.

So far from home by barry denenberg