Fred brophy (9 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None Issued. First Edition. 310 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. A Boxing Legend-the Only One Of A Kind In The World, Travelling In Sideshows.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None Issued. First Edition. 310 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. A Boxing Legend-the Only One Of A Kind In The World, Travelling In Sideshows.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None Issued. First Edition. 310 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. A Boxing Legend-the Only One Of A Kind In The World, Travelling In Sideshows.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. the life and times of an Outback tent-boxing legend x,310pp, photos Creasing on cover Size: 8vo.

Paperback. 914. 'Fred Brophy is a legend - he's one of my favourite real Australians.' John Williamson Son of a sideshow operator and a trapeze artist, Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He did time in jail as a teenager before touring his own boxing tent at a time when the tradition was alive and well.With plenty of hardship, adventure, hilarity, tragedy and even a romance, Fred's story is one of living on the smell of an oily rag and staying resourceful to keep his young family together and give his kids the education he didn't have. This is both a snapshot of a fast-disappearing Australia and an inspiring tale of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps.A big-hearted, no-nonsense man who doesn't waste words, Fred uses his tent boxing - the last of its kind on the world - to both entertain and to help troubled youth and battlers. He was awarded an OAM in 2010 for services to charity, boxing and entertainment. 2014. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. A firm straight unmarked book, appears unread, about as good as new.

Condición: Very Good. Trade paperback. 310pp. Very good. Illuatrated with photo's. Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable. This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.…

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources, heavily toned at edges. Also: Mitzel Interview Brophy. Tommi on Halsted's "Pornography". Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment.