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The Naked Island

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English
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Biography
Australian Personal Narratives
Prisoners Of War
Japanese Prisoners And Prisons
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0140149759
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Russell Braddon

Russell Reading Braddon (25 January 1921 – 20 March 1995) was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies. Braddon was born on 25 January 1921 in North Sydney, New South Wales. He was the son of Thelma Doris (née Reading) and Henry Russell Braddon. His father, a barrister, was the grandson of Tasmanian premier Edward Braddon.

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FOREWARD THIS book was written in 1950 as one man's fears of things that lie ahead...

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Documents the Australian author's experiences as a World War II prisoner-of-war, held by the Japanese in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

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