Old union : touch one touch all... / Wayne Ward.
Old union : touch one touch all... / Wayne Ward.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Indiana, U.S.A . Trafford Publishing, 2014.
Call Numbers
H 2015/2361
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Language
English
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Physical content
459 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Indiana, U.S.A . Trafford Publishing, 2014.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"Old Union is the life's journey of Sam and Emily Wright who become of age in the Great Depression. Sam as a boy walks 550 miles from outback New South Wales with a single obsession, to go to sea. The 1935 seamen's strike pits seaman against seaman, strikebreaker against militant, the strong against the weak, a futile struggle that will gut a union...
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Old union : touch one touch all... / Wayne Ward.
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General note
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/2361 ; Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2015.
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Date Copyright
©2014.
Biographical note
'Wayne Ward spent all his working life at sea, from deck boy to AB, bosun to Chief Integrated Rating. Ships with forests of gear, cranes, tankers, self-dischargers, dredges, ketches, bulk carriers and colliers. From his first ship he recognized the formidable strength and determination of the men he sailed with, these worldly men bound by a single...
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Call Numbers
H 2015/2361
Record Identifier
74VK7GxrrR7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7GxrrR7O
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ISBN
9781490720692
DDC
A823.4
MMS ID
991022879189702626
