War of the Words

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Barry McMillan ISBN: 9781456843977
Publisher: Xlibris AU Publication: March 18, 2011
Imprint: Xlibris AU Language: English
Author: Barry McMillan
ISBN: 9781456843977
Publisher: Xlibris AU
Publication: March 18, 2011
Imprint: Xlibris AU
Language: English

Born during the Second World War, when the effects of the Great Depression had reduced a large percentage of Australias population to eking out a living as best they could, a boy grows up on a dairy farm on the fringe of a small country town. With no money for store-bought toys, he makes his own amusement roaming the banks of the pristine Chinamans Lagoon and, like most boys, getting up to a considerable amount of mischief in the process His is a story of freedom and of a lifestyle which is unfortunately no longer available to modern children. Follow his journey through life as he helps his parents on the farm with the assistance of horse drawn implements, uses some quirky and innovative methods to earn some cash, and joins with his siblings and school mates in some harebrained adventures. A second book, Childhood Receding, supplied as a free bonus in this edition, follows the boy into adulthood and reveals a far from mundane life and many humorous incidences as it tracks his travels and experiences through the years.

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Born during the Second World War, when the effects of the Great Depression had reduced a large percentage of Australias population to eking out a living as best they could, a boy grows up on a dairy farm on the fringe of a small country town. With no money for store-bought toys, he makes his own amusement roaming the banks of the pristine Chinamans Lagoon and, like most boys, getting up to a considerable amount of mischief in the process His is a story of freedom and of a lifestyle which is unfortunately no longer available to modern children. Follow his journey through life as he helps his parents on the farm with the assistance of horse drawn implements, uses some quirky and innovative methods to earn some cash, and joins with his siblings and school mates in some harebrained adventures. A second book, Childhood Receding, supplied as a free bonus in this edition, follows the boy into adulthood and reveals a far from mundane life and many humorous incidences as it tracks his travels and experiences through the years.

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