To Oz and Back

Larry Garner's hilarious adventures in Australia's mining boom as a ten-pound-pom. Mine worker-come-author Larry lived through a riot, a strike, a cyclone, a gold rush in the Tanami desert, met a python in PNG and bought a camel a beer in the outback. Hell-raising escapades with the characters he worked and traveled with are intercut with affectionate anecdotes of the father who inspired him to make the most of himself. A wonderful and unique autobiography.