Born to be Brave: A novel about Jack Simpson, the man with the donkey, who forged a trail of courage from Tyneside to Gallipoli

A novel about John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the Man With the Donkey, who was the gold standard for heroism at the hellhole known as Gallipoli. He was the lad from Tyneside who was his family’s breadwinner at 12 before running away to sea to start a new life in Australia. Coal miner, jackaroo and fortune hunter before World War I saw him answer the call to arms, his courage in the Dardanelles campaign transformed him into a legend.