Title The horses didn't come home / Pamela Rushby

Edition First edition Published Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 2012 ©2012

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W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Rus/Hdc		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Rus/Hdc		AVAILABLE

Description 248 pages : illustration, 1 map ; 20 cm Summary The last great cavalry charge in history took place at Beersheba in the Sinai Desert in 1917. It was Australian soldiers and horses that took part in, and won, this amazing, unexpected, unorthodox victory. The men proudly claimed it was their great-hearted horses that won the day. But in the end, the horses did not come home Analysis Australian Australian fiction (Australia) Notes "A young soldier and his horse in the Battle of Beersheba"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) Audience For children Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian Light Horse -- History -- 1914-1918 -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories. War horses -- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Israel -- Juvenile fiction. War horses -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Cavalry operations -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian -- Juvenile fiction. World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia. World War, 1914-1918. SUBJECT Palestine http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097163 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 9780732293543 (paperback)

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