Barefoot in the Creek: A Group Settlement Childhood in Margaret River by L C Burton

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stuck a biography of Len Burton on inside cover. Author has inscribed half-title page. Part of the South West Region Publication Series.

The foreword is written by Brian de Garis.

Leonard Crowther (Len) Burton was born in the English Midlands and migrated to Australia in 1927. He and his family spent five years in Group Settlement 85 near Margaret River.

Despite the isolation and back-breaking work, Len Burton recalls humorous boyhood memories. "It is an absorbing story, well remembered and well written, which describes the difficulties and privations of the period but without bitterness or regret. And it conveys the pleasures and rewards of life in the bush vividly, especially from the point of view of children." Brian de Garis