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'Think of enemy troops stealing through the night on Fremantle without a formal declaration of war;
'Think of their ships, under the guard of destroyers, landing soldiers at Cottesloe and Fremantle;
'Think of an enemy raking St. George's Terrace with machine gun fire, charging down Barrack-street at the double with fixed bayonets;
'Think of Western Australian women at the mercy of the invaders;
'THINK OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN CITIES BEING POUNDED TO DESTRUCTION BY BOMBERS AND BATTLE-CRUISERS, INCENDIARY BOMBS AND HIGH EXPLOSIVE SHELLS BRINGING DEATH TO THOUSANDS AS THEY FLEE PANIC-STRICKEN FROM THE DOOMED BUILDINGS.
'Think of all this vividly pictured in one of the most sensational books you have ever read, and you will have just a faint idea of the gripping narrative of "Fools' Harvest," by Erie Cox. In this startlingly dramatic story the author grimly pictures a surprise invasion of Australia, reveals with convincing clarity the horrors of bombardment and occupation, and finally the loss of all the freedom in which Australians exulted, and their reduction to a state of slavery.
'"Fools' Harvest" is a story that is amazingly well told and it will be all the more interesting to readers in this State because chapters deal with the invasion of Western Australia.'
Source: Advertising blurb for the forthcoming serialisation in Perth's The Mirror (The Mirror, 28 January 1939, p.14).
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The Scared Who Want to Scare : Fear of a Japanese Invasion in Australian Literature
2003
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criticism
— Appears in: Complicities : Connections and Divisions : Perspectives on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region 2003; (p. 43-51) -
The Brisbane Line in Australian Literature : Aspects of a Reality?
1988
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— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 20 1988; (p. 7-10) -
The Novel : Novels of Purpose
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A History of Australian Literature, Pure and Applied : A Critical Review of All Forms of Literature Produced in Australia from the First Books Published After the Arrival of the First Fleet Until 1950, with Short Accounts of Later Publications Up to 1960 1961; (p. 1122-1152) -
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1939
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— Appears in: The Mirror , 4 April 1939;
— Review of Fools' Harvest 1938 single work novel -
Vision of War : Cox's Conquest of Australia
1939
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Sun , 14 May 1939;
— Review of Fools' Harvest 1938 single work novel
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Vision of War : Cox's Conquest of Australia
1939
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Sun , 14 May 1939;
— Review of Fools' Harvest 1938 single work novel -
Untitled
1939
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mirror , 4 April 1939;
— Review of Fools' Harvest 1938 single work novel -
The Scared Who Want to Scare : Fear of a Japanese Invasion in Australian Literature
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Complicities : Connections and Divisions : Perspectives on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region 2003; (p. 43-51) -
The Brisbane Line in Australian Literature : Aspects of a Reality?
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Notes & Furphies , April no. 20 1988; (p. 7-10) -
The Novel : Novels of Purpose
1961
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A History of Australian Literature, Pure and Applied : A Critical Review of All Forms of Literature Produced in Australia from the First Books Published After the Arrival of the First Fleet Until 1950, with Short Accounts of Later Publications Up to 1960 1961; (p. 1122-1152)