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Herbert Jaffa was a 21-year-old signaller with the U. S. Army when he arrived in Townsville in April, 1942. Townsville at War is his memoir of this time. The book centres on his relationship with a Townsville girl to whom he became engaged, but also reveals the effects of the war on North Queensland and describes his experiences in the New Guinea campaign. Jaffa's contact with Townsville led to an abiding interest in Australian literature and in 1980, as Professor Emeritus of the Humanities at New York University, he returned to give a series of lectures on Kenneth Slessor at James Cook University. Townsville at War grew out of these lectures and moves between his memories of the war years and his return to Townsville more than thirty years later.
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Epigraph: In the sharp sky, the frosty deepness
There are still birds to barb the silences
There are still fields to meet the morning on.
But those who made them beautiful have gone.
Kenneth Slessor - 'The Country Ride'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Literary Visit to the USA : A Memoir
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 74-78) -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 5 no. 1 1993; (p. 87-88)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography -
Memoir
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 143 1992; (p. 64)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography -
War, Peace and Northern Love
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 July 1992; (p. 6)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , March vol. 5 no. 1 1993; (p. 87-88)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography -
War, Peace and Northern Love
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 July 1992; (p. 6)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography -
Memoir
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 143 1992; (p. 64)
— Review of Townsville at War : A Soldier Remembers 1992 single work autobiography -
A Literary Visit to the USA : A Memoir
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 26 no. 1 2012; (p. 74-78)
Last amended 10 Oct 2011 15:03:53
Subjects:
- Townsville, Townsville area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
- ca. 1942
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