The Last Showman: The Life and Times of an Outback Tent-Boxing Legend by Fred Brophy with Sue Williams
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books, Melbourne VIC, 2014
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Remnant date due slip on author bio page. Wear to book corners and edges. Body text and binding are still very good. Son of a sideshow operator and a trapeze artist, Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He did time in jail as a teenager before touring his own boxing tent, when the tradition was alive and well. It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world. With plenty of hardship, adventure, hilarity, tragedy, and even romance, Fred's story is about living on the smell of an oily rag and staying resourceful to keep his young family together and give his kids the education he didn't have. This is both a snapshot of a fast-disappearing Australia and an inspiring tale of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. A big-hearted, no-nonsense man who doesn't waste words, Fred uses his tent boxing - the last of its kind in the world - to both entertain and to help troubled youth and battlers. He was awarded an OAM in 2010 for services to charity, boxing and entertainment.…
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- Title
- The Last Showman: The Life and Times of an Outback Tent-Boxing Legend by Fred Brophy with Sue Williams
- Author
- Fred Brophy
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Melbourne VIC
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 192190190X
- ISBN 13
- 9781921901904
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.7 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Seller catalogs
- Secondhand Books, Subjects - Biography & Memoir - Men Biography, Subjects - Sports History
Son of a sideshow operator and trapeze artist, fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He did time in jail as a wild teenager before establishing his own successful boxing tent. It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world.
Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable. This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.
'Now ladies and gentlemen, let's go inside. The show's about to begin . . .'
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