The Last Showman

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: MichaelJoseph/Penquin
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 310 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. A Boxing Legend-the Only One Of A Kind In The World, Travelling In Sideshows.

Publishers Description: My life has been a mad travelling show, meeting some of the strangest and greatest people whove ever lived. Ive had my fair share of trouble and Im lucky to be here. But Ive always been a showman and Ive done my best to preserve a precious part of an old Australia thats fast disappearing. 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, lets go inside. The shows about to begin . . .

ISBN: 9781921901904