{"product_id":"9781925095876","title":"Fear Drive My Feet: Text Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear Drive My Feet\u003c\/i\u003e is Peter Ryan’s enduring account of his time patrolling isolated regions of New Guinea during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFar from his fellow Australians and with Japanese forces closing in around him, the eighteen-year-old Ryan endures the hardships of the jungle, overcoming loneliness, fatigue and fear with quiet courage. He finds beauty in the rugged mountain landscapes of New Guinea, and admires the charm and resourcefulness of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRarely out of print in the past four decades, \u003ci\u003eFear Drive My Feet \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic memoir of the war in the Pacific, a major work of Australian war literature. For the work he describes in this book, Peter Ryan was awarded the Military Medal and mentioned in dispatches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e has been a newspaper columnist, the director of Melbourne University Press and an officer of the Victorian Supreme Court. He was an intelligence operative behind enemy lines in New Guinea in World War II. He lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Outstanding.’ Peter Pierce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A moving account of a young man’s lonely heroism.’ Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137468219632,"sku":"9781925095876","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925095876_p0.jpg?v=1763634322","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925095876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}