Physical description

Blue paperback book. Image of red poppies across the lower half wraps around entire cover. White spine label at base of spine attached with tape. Title printed in white along spine. Top half of the front cover has title and author printed in black ink. On the centre right side is a sepia image of a man in uniform.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'923.5 / McC' [typed black ink on a white sticker label in the bottom left corner of the cover]
'923.5 / VER / A3719' [handwritten in pencil on the inside cover]
'Keith Rossi / 3 May 95' [Handwritten in blue ink in the top corner of first page]
'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on the first page and title page]

Summary

This is the life story of John McCrae, the writer of the famous First World War poem, 'In Flanders Fields'. It also describes how the poem became famous throughout the world and as a result, how the poppy flower became universally recognised as a symbol of peace and sacrifice.