The Taciturn Man: And Other Tales of Australia

ISBN-13: 9781615991204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 116 str.

Geoffrey Gibson; Susan Violante

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BAn immigrants tale of an untamed country/BBRAlexander Gibson, my father, was a young Englishman who with his brother settled in Australiain the 1920s. The brothers each married one of the Solomon sisters just prior to the Great Depression.The Taciturn Man begins just after the Second World War when Alexander took up a roughbush sheep-grazing block in isolation among the tall trees of New England (New South Wales).brI was born in 1937, and so I was just three years old when my father went to war, and age eightwhen he returned. Fortunately, by then I was old enough to absorb much of the material for thiscollection which I hope you will now enjoy.brbrBPraise for IThe Taciturn Man/I/BBR"A delightful memoir with all the emotions of life itself-seriousness, humor, joy and sadnessand more. The authors observations of people and lively writing style make ita great bedside book to be savored, rather than hurried through."BR--Deborah K. Frontiera, author of Fighting CPS: Guilty Until Proven Innocentof Child Protective Services ChargesBRBR"The Taciturn Man is a trip through Australias countryside that feels like a nostalgic summerbreeze as Gibsons personal narrative reveals its beauty, culture, and history through his ownexperiences and unique voice."BR--Susan Violante, author of IInnocent War: Behind an Immigrants Past/IBRBRBAbout the Author/BGeoffrey Gibson grew up in rural Australia in the 1940s, earned his keep as a jackeroo (farmhand),had a brief stint in the Army, followed by thirty years as a suburban real estate agent inSydney. He has dabbled in politics, and in retirement now spends his time writing, surfing andmucking about with friends on the states South coast.BRBRFrom the World Voices Series www.ModernHistoryPress.comBRBR