Solly S Way An Australian Story
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Solly S Way An Australian Story
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Author : Ron Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Ron Thomas
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Solly S Way An Australian Story written by Ron Thomas and has been published by Ron Thomas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Solly Trilogy is a tale of three generations, from a boy’s enlistment as cabin boy on a Yankee packet ship, the Delaware Belle, plying between Plymouth and New York in the early nineteenth century, through the drought, conflict and financial strife of the 1890’s in Australia to the impact on ordinary folk of the great war and its aftermath. The story is based around the lives of ordinary people of three generations surviving a world that was changing faster than at any time before. It was an era in which the world was shrinking and the affairs of men of diverse nations began to break down centuries-old barriers of class and inherited wealth. We denizens of the 21st century can easily forget that the accomplishments of every generation are built upon those of generations that came before them. Similarly, the values we hold dear were first learned at the knees of our parents. The Solly Trilogy is about a time not just before aircraft, the computer and the internet, but before labour-saving devices we take for granted today had been invented. How did people live in times such as these? These were resourceful people, adaptable people in times that required a surfeit of both of these admirable qualities. Solly’s Trilogy is designed to be read in any order, but it is suggested that you begin with ‘Solly’s Way’, the story of Solly’s arrival at Wallangulla as an old man and his impact on a struggling Australian outback family. ‘Solly’s Legacy’ tells of the legacy of caring, respect and ingenuity the old man left for the next generation. Finally, ‘Solly’s Journey’ completes the loop by telling the story of a cabin boy whose travels under sail, as he grows to manhood, lead him to cross great oceans of the world. After travelling the American west, a shipwreck brings him to a land down under where he finds a wide brown land worth exploring. The Solly Trilogy is set in a period when events in a more remote Europe changed life in Australia. Today, events before the Great War seem like some far-off good old days when life in the Australian outback was simple and wholesome. I’m grateful to my grandfather and his mates who loved a yarn about the old days and could no doubt spin a few tall ones to a gullible lad. They helped me gain many valuable insights into how it really was back then and became the inspiration behind the Solly Trilogy.
Solly S Way
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Author : Ron C. Thomas
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-08
Solly S Way written by Ron C. Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08 with Australia categories.
It is the 1890s and the prosperous years are gone. Drought and depression are biting hard across the outback. The falling price of wool triggers violent confrontation between the pastoralists and the shearers union. Banks across Australia begin to close their doors as property values plummet. Thomas Landerville is a small landholder caught between a crippling mortgage and a parched property that can no longer support his flock. His wife Isabelle is a resourceful woman of the outback but like her husband, she is wondering how they can survive. Alone at home, through the heat haze in the distance Isabelle sees an old swagman pushing a loaded wheelbarrow towards her and anticipates that he will ask for a meal and a cup of tea. But she loads the shotgun and leans it behind the door "just in case". Little does she know of the many ways this old swagman will change her life and that of her family.
Solly S Journey
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Author : Ron Thomas
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-02-10
Solly S Journey written by Ron Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-10 with Fiction categories.
Solomon Buckpitt's desperate family circumstances lead him to signing on as cabin boy on Delaware Belle, a packet ship plying between Plymouth and New York. As he becomes a man, he spends many spare hours reading the works of James Fenimore Cooper's tales of the Wild West and gradually pines for adventures past the confines of shipboard life. Curiosity becomes obsession and the lands beyond the Belle's ports of call beckon until he must follow. Solomon signs off from Delaware Belle in New York and begins walking westwards towards the Oregon Trail, seeking the mystical frontier he'd read so much about. It leads him to places and adventures he could never have imagined. But far from slaking his thirst for new adventure, it gradually festers into an insatiable wanderlust.Then he is shipwrecked on the shores of Australia and a wheelbarrow named Bertha leads him to Wallangulla?
Studies In American Literature
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Author :
language : en
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Release Date : 1969
Studies In American Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with American literature categories.
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales
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Author : William Maccrillis Griswold
language : en
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Release Date : 1890
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales written by William Maccrillis Griswold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Fiction categories.
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales
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Author : William McCrillis Griswold
language : en
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Release Date : 1891
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales written by William McCrillis Griswold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Fiction categories.
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales British Novels 1891
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Author : William Maccrillis Griswold
language : en
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Release Date : 1891
Descriptive List S Of Novels And Tales British Novels 1891 written by William Maccrillis Griswold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Fiction categories.
Haunted Laughter
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Author : Jonathan C. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-03-14
Haunted Laughter written by Jonathan C. Friedman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-14 with Religion categories.
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Haunted Laughter addresses whether it is appropriate to use comedy as a literary form to depict Adolf Hitler, The Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Guided by existing theories of comedy and memory and through a comprehensive examination of comedic film and television productions, from the United States, Israel, and Europe, Jonathan Friedman proposes a model and a set of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of comedy as a means of representation. These criteria include depth of purpose, relevance to the times, and originality of form and content. Friedman concludes that comedies can be effective if they provide relevant information about life and death in the past, present, or future; break new ground; and serve a purpose or multiple purposes—capturing the dynamic of the Nazi system of oppression, empowering or healing victims, serving as a warning for the future, or keeping those who can never grasp the real horror of genocide from losing perspective.
Australian Books In Print
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language : en
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Release Date : 1984
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The Power Of One
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Author : Bryce Courtenay
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-05-20
The Power Of One written by Bryce Courtenay and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-20 with Fiction categories.
First with your head and then with your heart ...So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, its a piece of advice he will carry with him thr...