{"product_id":"the-unseen-anzac-9781925321494","title":"The Unseen Anzac","description":"The previously untold story of an extraordinary man and a great war photographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe previously untold story of an extraordinary man and a great war photographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCameras  were banned at the Western Front when the Anzacs arrived in  1916,  prompting correspondent Charles Bean to argue continually for  Australia  to have a dedicated photographer. He was eventually assigned  an  enigmatic polar explorer?-?George Hubert Wilkins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin weeks of  arriving at the front, Wilkins' exploits were legendary.  He did what  no photographer had previously dared to do. He went 'over  the top' with  the troops and ran forward to photograph the actual  fighting. He led  soldiers into battle, captured German prisoners, was  wounded  repeatedly, and was twice awarded the Military Cross?-?all while  he  refused to carry a gun and armed himself only with a bulky  glass-plate  camera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkins ultimately produced the most detailed and  accurate collection  of World War I photographs in the world, which is  now held at the  Australian War Memorial.  After the war, Wilkins  returned to exploring and, during the next 40  years, his life became  shrouded in secrecy. His work at the Western  Front was forgotten, and  others claimed credit for his photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his life,  Wilkins wrote detailed diaries and letters, but  when he died in 1958  these documents were locked away. Jeff Maynard  follows a trail of myth  and misinformation to locate Wilkins' lost  records and to reveal the  remarkable, true story of Australia's greatest  war photographer.","brand":"Jeff Maynard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516768157757,"sku":null,"price":33.25,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925321494.jpg?v=1787572490","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-unseen-anzac-9781925321494","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}