Dust-jacket Synopsis
"Those who have read Ginger Mick will perhaps remember "little Smith of Coll'inwood", one of the singing soldiers who "'owled a fightin' tune at Sari Bair". Though Mick was lost at Gallipoli, little Smith, having lost a leg in France, returned to become a country neighbour of Doreen and the Bloke and it is through their compassionate eyes that we follow his story. In true Dennis style it is told with human-hearted wisdom and the humour that is close to tears.
"Digger Smith was written during the last months of the war and formed a natural sequel to
Ginger Mick. Digger Smith studies the effects of the war upon the men who fought it
and returned to Australia carrying both physical and mental injuries - the men with "Anzac eyes", who
"...talk of what they've seen and done
When they've been out to 'ave their fun;
But no word of the game."
"First published in 1918, Digger Smith includes Hal Gye's distinctive illustrations and jacket. Gye also prepared decorative capitals, which were not then used, to start each verse.