The First Great Emu War of 1932

by D. M. Wright

A BATTLE BETWEEN VERMIN AND VETERANS.

When the Great War ended, Australia provided its returned soldiers with new farmland to call their own. Discovering they had grown wheat fields in the path of a flightless migratory bird, farmers open fire, but the native emus prove indestructible.
Meanwhile, political unrest mounts in Western Australia. The State intends to secede to its own country and is eager to lay blame on the Federation.

The Australian Government sends three soldiers to cull the birds but, proving harder to kill than any enemy they've ever faced, it won't only be the farmers who lose everything.

Time is ticking...

D. M. WRIGHT DELIVERS A POWERFUL DRAMA ABOUT THE BIRDS WHO PLAGUED A DIVIDING NATION AND THE MEN BEHIND THE BATTLE WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER.

518 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 21, 2024

Reviews

[Michael Walley]

This story is based on a true event in history. The banter of the men charged with culling the emus, the journalists covering the event and the locals cheering them on is true blue Aussie. The way the emus and army men adapt to each other's tactics is entertaining and lively. A true tug of war between man and beast, or should I say, bird. Both funny and gritty in the telling. The final battle in this book was a rollercoaster of emotions.

[C Webster]

Very enjoyable. It reminded me in places of Catch 22.