Wool Away, Boy!

Name: Wool Away, Boy!
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143780366
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A Ripping Memoir of Life in the Shearing Sheds

By Alan Blunt

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Wool Away, Boy! by Alan Blunt is a candid and humorous memoir chronicling the author's life and unique experiences in the Yorkshire wool industry. Blending personal reminiscences with insightful anecdotes, the book paints a vivid picture of post-war Britain, capturing the spirit of a bygone era. Through Blunt's engaging storytelling, readers are offered a heartfelt glimpse into both the challenges and triumphs of his career and personal life.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Wool Away, Boy!

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A firsthand account of the shearing sheds of the 1950s and 60s. The son of a shearer, Alan Blunt spent his teenage years in the woolsheds of the 1950s and 60s.

As his father laboured, Alan would imagine himself opening the batting for Australia or boxing for the world middleweight championship, only to be startled out of his daydream with a cry of Wool away, boy. Wake up!

In this colourful memoir, Alan chronicles all the larger-than-life personalities he met - the misfits, romantics, larrikins, and psychopaths. From the cooks who ruled the sheds - those solitary, often crazy men who could make or break a team's stay - to the gun shearers and maverick managers.

With an irrepressible wit, he captures the voices of the men he worked with and brings to life a golden era of shearing.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143780366

Publisher: Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: William Heinemann Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 430g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

For thirty years Alan Blunt worked the woolsheds in outback Queensland. He was a keen observer of character, and in the evenings recorded the portraits of fellow workers by the light of a pressure lamp, filling one foolscap pad after another. Later he had stories published in the outback and metropolitan press. In 1993 he formed a touring theatre troupe based at Longreach, which he ran successfully for twenty years. A small legend in his own right, Alan still performs two one-man shows a week, is writing a novel and makes frequent guest appearances on local ABC Radio.