Physical description

Brown hard cover book with orange dust jacket. Title printed in cream print along the spine and across the top of the dust jacket. Beneath the title is a bordered image of lines of white tents surrounded by families talking, sewing, playing and washing.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on mutiple pages]

Summary

'Throughout the ages armies have always been accompanied by hordes of attached civilians. They were there for two reasons - either to give service to the troops or to attempt to live off them. In addition to wives and children, they have included servants of all types, sutlers, tradesmen, artisans, technicians, entertainers, nurses and a thousand and one voluntary organisations who provided anything and everything from cups of tea to carnal delights.' [inside dust jacket]
This volume provides a pictorial history of some of these camp followers.