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The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 994.3
EAN: 9781929516155
ISBN: 1929516150
Label: Dixon Price Publishing
Manufacturer: Dixon Price Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: February 15, 2001
Publisher: Dixon Price Publishing
Studio: Dixon Price Publishing
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Editorial Review:
Australia's beloved "Beachcomber" takes you on a detailed visit to his tropical island paradise where civilization was scarcely known, and the comings and goings of a wide variety of birds, animals, and sea creatures was much more important than stock options, market share, or technological advances. Banfield reminds us why Eden was a good place to live.
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Rating:  - Richly detailed prose.
Ah the island life...a wonderful memoir of a more nostalgic time. Great read.
Rating: - A man who left a high-stress, dead-end career
The Confessions Of A Beachcomber is the fascinating autobiography of a man who left a high-stress, dead-end career to live the simple live of a beachcomber on Dunk Island off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia. An avowed disciple of Thoreau, Banfield sough as simple a life as possible and maintained that life on his tropical island for twenty-five years. He involved himself in observing the flora, fauna, and aborigines of the island, and through the publication of The Confessions Of A Beachcomber ... Read More
Rating:  - for island lovers with a keen eye for detail
Under inauspicious circumstances -- failing health -- Banfield arrives on Dunk island off of Australia's northeast coast. But as island lovers everywhere know, more often than not islands have a way of reintroducing vitality to the soul and regenerating failing health. Consider Robert Louis Stevenson! Such was the situation of Banfield when he arrived on Dunk Island.
Banfield's greatest skill within this book is his journalistic training and keen powers of observation. His descriptions of island birdlife, ... Read More
Rating: - for island lovers with a keen eye for detail
Under inauspicious circumstances -- failing health -- Banfield arrives on Dunk island off of Australia's northeast coast. But as island lovers everywhere know, more often than not islands have a way of reintroducing vitality to the soul and regenerating failing health. Consider Robert Louis Stevenson! Such was the situation of Banfield when he arrived on Dunk Island.
Banfield's greatest skill within this book is his journalistic training and keen powers of observation. His descriptions of island birdlife, ... Read More
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