9781761067839 - The New Ringer de Breckwoldt, Roland (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'We can give you a start. You will need a six foot by four foot piece of canvas and blanket. If you stay for three months we will refund your fare. You will need to fly TAA out of Cloncurry and advise me your date of arrival.' And so began the adventures and misadventures of young Roland Breckwoldt. It was 1960. He was not yet sixteen, and the unworldly Roland was leaving his home on the semi-agricultural fringes of Sydney to work as a stockman on the vast cattle stations of the Gulf Country of North Queensland. A more unlikely stockman you would not find. Born in an internment camp in Central Victoria, his family had come to Australia from Germany via Shanghai. But it was out mustering on horseback and living in remote bush camps with characters as eccentric as any in outback Australia that Roland learnt about the world and discovered his place in it. Full of youthful stumbles and told with great freshness and gentle humour, this beautifully written coming of age story is a nostalgic and evocative reminder of a disappearing way of life. A shy young man from the suburban outskirts takes himself to Gulf Country on a 1960s boys own adventure that changes his life forever Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 262 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 262 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. 262 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

1st ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. 264 pp. This book is about the adventures and misadventures of Roland Breckwoldt when he left his home on the semi-agricultural fringes of Sydney to work as a stockman on the vast cattle station of the Gulf Country of North Queensland. He was born in an internment camp in central Victoria. His family had come to Australia from Germany via Shanghai. He learnt about the world and his place in it by mustering on horseback and living in remote bush camps. This story is beautifully written and an evocative reminder of a disappearing way of life.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'We can give you a start. You will need a six foot by four foot piece of canvas and blanket. If you stay for three months we will refund your fare. You will need to fly TAA out of Cloncurry and advise me your date of arrival.' And so began the adventures and misadventures of young Roland Breckwoldt. It was 1960. He was not yet sixteen, and the unworldly Roland was leaving his home on the semi-agricultural fringes of Sydney to work as a stockman on the vast cattle stations of the Gulf Country of North Queensland. A more unlikely stockman you would not find. Born in an internment camp in Central Victoria, his family had come to Australia from Germany via Shanghai. But it was out mustering on horseback and living in remote bush camps with characters as eccentric as any in outback Australia that Roland learnt about the world and discovered his place in it. Full of youthful stumbles and told with great freshness and gentle humour, this beautifully written coming of age story is a nostalgic and evocative reminder of a disappearing way of life. A shy young man from the suburban outskirts takes himself to Gulf Country on a 1960s boys own adventure that changes his life forever Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'We can give you a start. You will need a six foot by four foot piece of canvas and blanket. If you stay for three months we will refund your fare. You will need to fly TAA out of Cloncurry and advise me your date of arrival.' And so began the adventures and misadventures of young Roland Breckwoldt. It was 1960. He was not yet sixteen, and the unworldly Roland was leaving his home on the semi-agricultural fringes of Sydney to work as a stockman on the vast cattle stations of the Gulf Country of North Queensland. A more unlikely stockman you would not find. Born in an internment camp in Central Victoria, his family had come to Australia from Germany via Shanghai. But it was out mustering on horseback and living in remote bush camps with characters as eccentric as any in outback Australia that Roland learnt about the world and discovered his place in it. Full of youthful stumbles and told with great freshness and gentle humour, this beautifully written coming of age story is a nostalgic and evocative reminder of a disappearing way of life. A shy young man from the suburban outskirts takes himself to Gulf Country on a 1960s boys own adventure that changes his life forever Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.