Bearded Brigands

The legendary Long Range Desert Group in the diaries and photographs of Trooper Frank Jopling

by Brendan O'Carroll

Published by Ngaio Press, Wellington, New Zealand 2002
ISBN 0-9582243-2-3

From Ngaio Press:
The elite Long Range Desert Group operated behind enemy lines and Frank Jopling was there from the first sortie. His diary is the most comprehensive published account of the daily activities of these swashbucklers who played a vital part in the Eighth Army’s victory over Axis forces in North Africa during World War II. Trooper Jopling became a wartime celebrity after his diary was discovered. Extracts appeared in British media, he was the cover story in Everybody’s magazine and his personal readings from the diaries were broadcast in his home country, New Zealand. 216 pages · 85,000 words including the diaries, plus authoritative articles on Jopling and the LRDG · 125 rare photos from private collections · 15 maps and graphics · index · printed on quality art paper · soft cover.

Brendan O'Carroll is also the author of The Kiwi Scorpions an authoritative book on the New Zealand patrols of the Long Range Desert Group.

I can highly recommend this book. Frank Jopling kept an extensive diary from the very first day, of the very first trip of the Long Range Patrol. Brendan O'Carroll has a wealth of knowledge of the Long Range Patrol and Long Range Desert Group.

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