One Man War. The Jock McLaren Story by H Richardson.
One Man War. The Jock McLaren Story by H Richardson.
Publisher: Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957, FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE. Out of print. Good hardback with jacket. Green cloth boards with black titles. Some fading to top & bottom of spine caused by loss from top of jacket. Fading along back edge of spine. Minor marks. Binding firm. Pages on the whole are very good, no inscriptions, minor marks, light creasing. Appendix has a closed tear in margin. Jacket is not price-clipped but is chipped at edges with some closed tears, and loss to spine ends, some rubbing, marks and light fading. 189 pages, illustrated.
The story of Captain Robert Kerr (Jock) McLaren in the Pacific during World War II. Captured by the Japanese twice and escaping twice McLaren made his way to the Philippines where he joined the native guerrillas and became famous for his daring exploits in a war of raid and ambush by land and sea.