Free Audio Book – Bread and water by Will Foote – read by Philip Garside

Free Audio Book

Bread and water: The escape and ordeal of two New Zealand World War II conscientious objectors

By WJ (Will) Foote, with Chris Palmer and Merv Browne

Audio book read by the publisher Philip Garside

Click this link for the complete book in mp3 format

The link will take you to a DropBox folder where you can download individual mp3 chapter files or the complete book as a zipped collection of all the mp3s

BW_cover_2013_250w New Zealand World War II conscientious objectors were treated harshly. Imprisoned for their pacifist beliefs, Chris Palmer and Merv Browne were held in military defaulters’ camps in the central North Island. To bring conditions in the camps to public notice, in 1944 Chris and Merv escaped to Wellington. This classic book tells of their audacious adventure and consequent punishment.

The print book which we published in 2000 is now out-of_print, but you can Click here for the Kindle and ePub eBook editions

 

 

We have published three other books about Christian pacifists and overcoming violence in New Zealand

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A Question of Faith

History of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society

By David Grant

Print Book

eBooks

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Overcoming Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand

A New Zealand contribution to the WCC Decade to Overcome Violence

Print Book

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Indeterminate Sentence

A New Zealand World War II Conscientious Objector’s Story

By Allan Handyside

Print Book

eBooks