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Australian Ripping Yarns II
by Paul B. Taylor | History
Registered by wingseldombiteswing of Gracemere, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 09, 2010
Average 8 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

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Journal Entry 1 by wingseldombiteswing from Gracemere, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Stories teacher didn't tell

Buccaneers and blood-curdling cannibals, heroes and villains, legends and lowlife. An absorbing cavacade of characters and events that have helped shape the Australian heritage.
  • The Pirates From Dampier on - our swashbuckling beginnings.
  • The Hollywood idols The extraordinary Errol Flynn and 'The World's Most Perfect Woman', Annette Kellerman - sex symbols who had moviegoers worldwide gasping with shock and delight.
  • The deadly enigmas The Bogle-Chandler sex scandal and the killings that baffled the world's best. The vanishing ship - what happened to the Waratah, the liner that just disappeared?
  • The sporting epics The Sydney title fight that sparked a lynching rampage. The Miracle Mile and Test Cricket's most astonishing win.
  • The macabre The husband who murdered her wife. The war hero the government tried to kill. The cannibals who ate a ship's crew.

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This is a paperback edition published in 2007. This edition contains 272 pages. This is an Australian book.
 

Journal Entry 2 by wingseldombiteswing at Rockhampton, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 09, 2010

8 out of 10

This was a very interesting dig into parts of Australia's history that are skipped over in school. I actually learned quite bit from this book - and thoroughly enjoyed every minute! 

Journal Entry 3 by wingseldombiteswing at Rockhampton, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Journal Entry 4 by wingseldombiteswing at Rockhampton, Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Journal Entry 5 by lovingbooks8 at Rockhampton, Queensland Australia on Friday, September 10, 2010

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