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'After the Japanese invasion of Burma in late 1941, 11-year-old Colin McPhedran was forced to flee his homeland on foot, across the steep Patkoi Mountain Ranges, to safety in India. Over a three-month period, Colin, along with his mother, elder brother and sister and thousands of others who died, battled the annual monsoon rains, starvation, disease and exhaustion, in an attempt to cover the 500-kilometre journey across the border.
'This autobiography recalls McPhedran’s pre-war childhood as part of a large Anglo-Burmese family, the Japanese invasion and his extraordinary trek to freedom. He spent four years in India, a short time in Britain and then spent the rest of his life living in Bowral, in New South Wales. This new edition seeks to answer key questions asked by those readers who wrote in their hundreds to Colin, who passed away in 2010 asking ‘what happened afterwards?’ It also reveals new information about the man who found and rescued Colin when he was at death’s door on the jungle refugee trail to India.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Life Writing , vol. 1 no. 1 2004; (p. 167-70)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 5 2003; (p. 36-39)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Dukkha-Tay
2003
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 4 2003; (p. 102-107) -
The Power of Story
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 3 2002; (p. 210-212)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Read this, Philip Ruddock
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 169 2002; (p. 151-152)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography
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The Power of Story
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 3 2002; (p. 210-212)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Life Writing , vol. 1 no. 1 2004; (p. 167-70)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 5 2003; (p. 36-39)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Tragic Flight to Freedom
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 June 2002; (p. 14)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Taking Flight
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , September vol. 12 no. 7 2002; (p. 43)
— Review of White Butterflies 2002 single work autobiography -
Dukkha-Tay
2003
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 4 2003; (p. 102-107) -
Publisher picks Asia-Pacific
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 September 2002; (p. 15)
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cBurma,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c
- 1941-1951