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Beaten by a blow : a shearer's story / Dennis McIntosh.
- Title
- Beaten by a blow : a shearer's story / Dennis McIntosh.
- Author
- McIntosh, Dennis.
- Publication
- Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HD8039.S472 M35 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 277 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Dennis McIntosh was always determined not to get stuck in a factory like his father but it's only once he takes a job as a roustabout that he discovers that he really wants to be a shearer. Travelling from station to station, he revels in the smell and feel of the sheds, and the freedom of being answerable to no man except his mates. But while shearing's a fine life for a nineteen-year-old, it's a hard one for a man. As the added weight of adulthood settles on Dennis's shoulders, the sheds take their unforgiving toll. This shows us the reality behind the romance of the shearer. Most of all, it tells the story of a boy full of hope crashing headlong into life - into work, into drink, into responsibilities he isn't ready for.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780143010685 (pbk)
- 0143010689 (pbk)
- LCCN
- ^^2009483754
- OCLC
- 318069854
- SCSB-10802959
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library