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All I See Is Mud Paperback – August 1, 2016

by Andrew Dunkley (Author)
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Try for a moment to imagine what it must have been like to face the horrors of the trenches during WWI, the mud, the blood, the rats, the lice and the constant fear of death. Now try to imagine being there at the age of 16.

'All I See Is Mud' is the story of Pvt. Stan Dunkley as we follow his journey from Sydney to the battlefields of France and Belgium in the latter stages of the Great War.

He joined up to escape his horrible home life only to find himself trapped in the cauldrons of war through the Battle of Hangard Wood, the German offensives of March 1918 and the crippling effects of a European winter.

As the front line thawed the Allies went on the offensive in August 1918 leading to the famous attack on Mont St Quentin and finally to the Battle for the Beauvoir Line ... Stan was in the thick of it while friends and comrades fell around him until he too was forced to confront his mortality.

Based on actual events, diary notes and letters, 'All I See Is Mud' is a confronting story of one soldier's struggles against a determined enemy and his own inadequacies.

This story puts you on the front line during a conflict that literally changed the power structure of the world at a cost of 17 million lives. 100 years on, World War I is still tearing at the very fabric of our existence.

By popular demand, 'All I See Is Mud' has been put on paper after its success as an audio release (as heard on ABC Radio)

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Andrew has been a radio broadcaster and journalist since 1984. He has worked in commercial, public and now community radio, primarily as a breakfast presenter. In recent years he has taken to writing and published an audiobook for ABC Radio in Australia about WW1 called "All I See Is Mud" which was broadcast nationally across the network. That soon became a paperback and was very successful in both formats. He is also a podcaster with Astronomer Dr. Fred Watson and together they produce Space Nuts. Andrew's interest in astronomy, combined with some of the things he and Fred have discussed over the years inspired his first venture into science fiction writing with Parallax. Andrew has been married to Judy since 1987, has three amazing boys and two (almost three) grandchildren. Andrew is also a passionate golfer which lead him to also write a tongue in cheek book about sports psychology. It took only two days to complete the book based on his own experiences, research, interviews with sports stars and sports psychologists over many years in broadcasting. He lives in Dubbo, NSW, Australia. It's a provincial city and a long way from everywhere but it's home and the five-minute commute to work sure beats living in a big city.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andrew Dunkley (August 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0646955535
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0646955537
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
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I have been a radio broadcaster and journalist since 1984 but never looked at myself as an author until I started researching my Grandfather's story as a WWI veteran. I was so captivated I had to write a book. The result is the WWI era audiobook "All I See Is Mud" as heard on ABC Radio in Australia and available as an MP3 download. I have also published it as a paperback and as an eBook.

I've also written two science fiction novels, “The Hitler Paradox”, "Parallax" and "The Terranian Enigma" and just for fun, a golf psychology book called "5 Irons Don't Float."

Oh, and if you're into astronomy, look up my podcast, Space Nuts on your favourite podcast platform or go to spacenutspodcast.io

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Crazy Mum
5.0 out of 5 stars A tribute to our heroes.
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017
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A very clear and eye opening first hand recording of events in WWI.
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Joe Creason
5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping introduction to the Australian World War 1 experience!
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014
4½ stars. The best Australian WW1 account I've read so far.

This one is apparently only offered as an audiobook read by the author (at least in the US). The author, Andrew Dunkley, is the grandson of Stan Dunkley and wrote this narrative based on his grandfather's experience as a Lewis Gun squaddie in the last two years of World War 1 in the 18th Battalion of the 2nd Australian Division. Andrew Dunkley is an Aussie broadcast journalist so that coupled with the fact that this is not a straight memoir written by Stan makes this a very well written/produced account of trench warfare!

Dunkley joins the AIF at the age of seventeen against his fathers' wishes. He eventually heads to England where he undergoes more training as a Lewis gun squaddie and briefly trains as a medic, though he supposedly doesn't perform as one until the end of his combat career. After a few hold-ups, he finds himself in France and Belgium in the fall of 1917. Dunkley and his fellow soldiers are eased into combat but when they are at the front, they start undergoing all of the horrors of trench warfare - shelling, gas attacks, lice, disease, the terrible elements and a close yet unknowable foe only popping up for milliseconds to look across no-man's land. As the title suggests, Dunkley's life is consumed by mud, a material that evolves and changes into many different miserable forms as the autumn weather changes to winter and then to spring/summer in 1918. Despite this miserable environment, Dunkley talks of many positive things, mostly his strong bonds forged with his fellow soldiers.

Though Dunkley is at first general with the combat when first arriving to the front, his experience becomes more and more involved, going on patrols, making large company/brigade-size advancements and skirmishing frequently with the enemy. Dunkley is open and explicit on his own actions, which range from rifle/grenade duels to hand-to-hand combat to spotting for the Lewis gunner of his squad. He also details (and later even dresses) wounds that are accumulated by other soldiers and this aspect of the war is not toned down.

The writing is very modern, which is understandable and probably why the book was so engaging and accessible to me, especially as an American, unfamiliar with the Australian role in WW1. At times this has its hiccups, for example, adrenaline rushes are mentioned, something that wasn't well known to the early 1900s Australian soldier (for all I know). But that's the most irksome anachronism, to be honest, and the concept of having a rush from battle was a well-known phenomena, just I doubt soldiers were aware of the physiological terminology of the feeling.

But I digress. At the end of the book, Andrew Dunkley gives a brief biography and brief overview of how he pieced together this account and it seems he followed the same process as the authors of SHIFTY'S WAR and FIGHTING WITH THE FILTHY THIRTEEN. However those two works are also based on conducted interviews with the soldiers they are written for while this account is mostly based on some notes written by Stan, his letters home, stories told to Andrew and his family by Stan when he was alive and battalion histories and diaries of other soldiers the the same formation as Stan.

Still! A great combat account, vivid and well delivered/written - definitely one of my favorite WW1 accounts, so that makes this a 4½ stars memoir! Also, there are some mentions of another soldier named Joe Maxwell, an officer who won the Victoria Cross and served in the 18th Brigade with Stan. Maxwell has a memoir that I hope to read soon entitled, HELL'S BELLS AND MADEMOISELLES.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is one of the best I have read relating to Astralians in the great ...
Reviewed in Australia on December 1, 2016
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A well written and very beliveable story of Andrew's grandfather. What these blokes went through is unbeliveable. This book is one of the best I have read relating to Astralians in the great war. Definitely worth the read and definitely 5 stars.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on October 26, 2016
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A great insight into the lives of WW1 servicemen. Needed a better proof reader....too many word mistakes
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