Jackaroo : A Memoir
by Michael Thornton
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0670075787
- ISBN 13
- 9780670075782
- Seller
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Picton, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin, Melbourne, 2011. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. In 1967, fresh from boarding school humiliations, and having lost his father to alcoholism, gangly teen Michael Thornton was packed off to a tough sheep and cattle station to work as a jackaroo. He was to learn the wool trade from the lamb up, under a boss legendary for working his farmhands in an almost military regimen. Tasked with the dirty, disgusting and downright dangerous jobs, jackaroos are the dogsbodies of our farms. But at Habbies Howe, in central Victoria, somewhere between castrating calves with his teeth and hauling backbreaking sacks of fertiliser for no obvious purpose, Michael discovered inner strength, and the friendship and male role models he'd craved. He also earned respect - enough to later walk into a job with the nation's most famous farmer, the Defence Minister and future PM Malcolm Fraser. In Jackaroo, Thornton recalls his years learning the ropes in an era when farm work was still done on horseback. Engaging, candid and often funny, his memoir reveals the hard-working lives of the unsung all-rounders of the country. There is a small red mark on the inside of the rear cover and a very slight mark transferred to the rear of the last page. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 277 pages. Remnants of old price label on front cover. Previous owner's signature in ink. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0670075787. ISBN/EAN: 9780670075782. Inventory No: 51802. . 9780670075782
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51802
- Title
- Jackaroo : A Memoir
- Author
- Michael Thornton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0670075787
- ISBN 13
- 9780670075782
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. Unbranded ISBN: 0670075787 EAN: 9780670075782 Michael Thornton Jackaroo : A Memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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