The Oarsmen: The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Rowed from the Great War to Peace

PATTERSON, SCOTT

At the end of the First World War, there were 270,000 demobilised Australian soldiers in Europe. Getting them home after the Armistice was a task of epic proportions that would take more than two years. In the meantime, how to keep these disgruntled, damaged men with guns occupied? In a word: sport.   T...