![]() ![]() ‘This is the sort of book that makes me feel comfortable and warm. ‘ extremely powerful description of Gallipoli.’ Australian Book Review ‘ plain, unembellished, utterly sincere and un self-pitying account of the privations of childhood and youth.’ Courier Mail Born in 1894 and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer and farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy, surviving Gallipoli, raising a family through the Depression, losing a son in the Second World War, and meeting his beloved Evelyn with whom he shared nearly 60 years of marriage.ĭespite enduring unimaginable hardships, Facey always saw his life as a fortunate one.Ī true classic of Australian literature, Facey’s simply penned story offers a unique window onto the history of Australian life through the greater part of the twentieth century – the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. ![]()
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