The View From Connor's Hill. A Memoir

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Scribe
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 261 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. Reveals A Young Man Who Has Suffered Loss And Upheaval, Celebrates The Joy Of Now Living In The Bush.

Publishers Description: Here is the captivating prequel toWell Done, Those Men, Barry Heards much-loved, deeply moving account of life as a Vietnam veteran. This memoir takes us back into the heart of Heards experiences as a boy and a young man in Australia during the 1950s and 1960s. Colourful, poignant, and often very funny,The View from Connors Hill reveals a young man who, among the devastation of loss and constant upheaval, celebrates the joy of living in the bush, and delights in the love of his faithful dog Rover and his headstrong horse Swanee. Capturing the detail of a lost world of country and suburban life in Australia--a world of matinees, country dances, and manual dunnies--Barry Heard delivers his memories with an unwavering honesty and candour.

ISBN: 9781921215483