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Where Poppies Blow

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Where Poppies Blow

By John Lewis-Stempel

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Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't for the birds, what a hell it would be.'During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. Soldiers went fishing in...Show more

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9781780224916

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Published year

2017

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1

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Where Poppies Blow

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Paperback

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