The Ballad of Les Darcy
Registered by bookworm76 of Chermside, Queensland Australia on 2/9/2008
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‘Put Les Darcy in a uniform and the youth of Australia will march to hell behind him.’
That was the message Australia’s great ‘Blacksmith Boxer’ was getting, as debate about conscription raged in the middle of World War I.
The problem was that Les Darcy didn’t want to march at the fore of such a procession, nor to such a destination.
He wanted to continue what he had been doing to extraordinary acclaim before the war began — taking on the best boxers the world could throw at him, and lifting his entire family out of poverty as he did so.
Torn between the duty he felt he owed his family, and the duty many felt he owed his country, Les made his choice . . . and faced the consequences.
And so unfolds a ballad of love, war, betrayal, mystery, patriotism and heroism; a ballad of a champion whose story still has the power to move the stoniest heart. (from Books Alive Website)
This was a really good book.
That was the message Australia’s great ‘Blacksmith Boxer’ was getting, as debate about conscription raged in the middle of World War I.
The problem was that Les Darcy didn’t want to march at the fore of such a procession, nor to such a destination.
He wanted to continue what he had been doing to extraordinary acclaim before the war began — taking on the best boxers the world could throw at him, and lifting his entire family out of poverty as he did so.
Torn between the duty he felt he owed his family, and the duty many felt he owed his country, Les made his choice . . . and faced the consequences.
And so unfolds a ballad of love, war, betrayal, mystery, patriotism and heroism; a ballad of a champion whose story still has the power to move the stoniest heart. (from Books Alive Website)
This was a really good book.
Journal Entry 2 by bookworm76 at Queensland Museum in South Bank (South Brisbane), Queensland Australia on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (9/25/2008 UTC) at Queensland Museum in South Bank (South Brisbane), Queensland Australia
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Left in the "Courage of Ordinary Men" Exhibit at the Queensland Museum.
Released as part of the "2008 Leap into the Wild 366 Challenge". This is book number 246.
Left in the "Courage of Ordinary Men" Exhibit at the Queensland Museum.
Released as part of the "2008 Leap into the Wild 366 Challenge". This is book number 246.