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My Life in Shorts: Growing Pains and Painful Growths - Memoirs of a Barossa Childhood

My Life in Shorts: Growing Pains and Painful Growths - Memoirs of a Barossa Childhood

H.G. Nelson

9781405039451

Macmillan


Biography; Autobiography: general; Sports & outdoor recreation

Paperback

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H.G. Nelson - Australia's foremost sports commentator, cultural critic, social observer and loud-mouthed heckler - is a legend of the tinny transistor and the small screen. But who exactly is the man behind the mike? Where did he come from? Why is he here? In this astonishing memoir, H.G. takes us back to his Barossa childhood to show us how a very different Australia shaped the boy who was to become the man who was to become the legend. As an apprentice jockey riding nags saved from the abattoir, as an aspiring footballer for the Penrice Quolls and Moculta Parrots, as a contender in the famous Barossa Stuhl - one of the world's greatest whistling competitions - H.G. takes the lot off and reveals his formative years in full, unflinching detail. Less fortunate than A.B. Facey, with fewer winners than Bart and more eating than Elizabeth Gilbert, H.G's My Life in Shorts is destined to become a classic of the I-grew-up-in-the-Barossa-Valley-and-now-I'm-famous genre.

By:   H.G. Nelson
Imprint:   Macmillan
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 20mm,  Width: 233mm,  Spine: 154mm
Weight:   404g
ISBN:  

9781405039451


ISBN 10:   1405039450
Publication Date:   October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available   Availability explained
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H.G. Nelson's books include the bestselling Petrol, Bait, Ammo and Ice, The Really Stuffed Guide to Good Food 2006 and Sprays.

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