There was no other horse like Bill the Bastard. War Horse - Books Illustrated on GB News Mike Emeny 95 subscribers Subscribe 0 No views 2 minutes ago Stephen Dixon and Dawn Neesom discuss the 40th anniversary special edition of Michael. Bill had become a legend, a symbol of the courage and unbreakable will of the Anzac mounted force. And when the chips were down, Bill’s heroic efforts and exceptional instincts in battle saved the lives of Shanahan and four of his men.īy September 1918, ‘Bill the Bastard’ was known by the entire Light Horse force, who used his name not as an insult, but as a term of endearment.

They depended on each other for their survival. Narrated by Joey, a horse who witnesses the horror of battle in the First World War from. Some even thought Bill took a sneering pleasure in watching would-be riders hit the dust.īill the Bastard is the remarkable tale of a bond between a determined trooper and his stoic but cantankerous mount. No one could ride him but one man – Major Michael Shanahan. What happens in War Horse The book takes us through the agony of the World War One, as Joey is separated from his owner Albert and sold into the army for. But as war horses go he had one serious problem. Its written by Michael Morpurgo, and follows a horse named Joey who is sent away to fight in World War I, written from Joeys point of view. In performance and character he stood above all the other 200,000 Australian horses sent to the Middle East in the Great War. He had power, intelligence and unmatched courage. Joey and Alberts relationship is like that of another famous boy/animal duo: Lassie and Timmy.Alberts a good kid, always does what his mama tells him to do, and hes devoted to the farm and to Joey. Title: Bill the Bastard – The story of Australia’s greatest war horseĬover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 274 pagesĬomments: An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.īill was massive. An abridgement of Michael Morpurgos much-loved novel War Horse. Joey tells us early on that 'only one man was ever his master' (1.3).

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