The Illustrated: A Fortunate Life by A B Facey

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to the top and right fore edges. Dust jacket has light wear to edges and is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer and farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy, surviving Gallipoli, raising a family through the Depression, losing a son in the Second World War, and meeting his beloved Evelyn with whom he shared nearly sixty years of marriage.

A true classic of Australian literature, Facey’s simply penned story offers a unique window into the history of Australian life through much of the twentieth century – the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. (Fremantle Press)