The Last Showman

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Fred Brophy, Sue Williams ISBN: 9781743483046
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Penguin eBooks Language: English
Author: Fred Brophy, Sue Williams
ISBN: 9781743483046
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Publication: August 27, 2014
Imprint: Penguin eBooks
Language: English

'My life has been a mad travelling show, meeting some of the strangest and greatest people who've ever lived.� I've had my fair share of trouble and I'm lucky to be here.�But I've always been a showman and I've done my best to preserve a precious part of an old Australia that's fast disappearing.'�
Son of a sideshow operator and trapeze artist, fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia.�He did time in jail as a wild teenager before establishing his own successful boxing tent.�It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world.�
Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable.�This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.�
'Now ladies and gentlemen, let's go inside.� The show's about to begin . . .'

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'My life has been a mad travelling show, meeting some of the strangest and greatest people who've ever lived.� I've had my fair share of trouble and I'm lucky to be here.�But I've always been a showman and I've done my best to preserve a precious part of an old Australia that's fast disappearing.'�
Son of a sideshow operator and trapeze artist, fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia.�He did time in jail as a wild teenager before establishing his own successful boxing tent.�It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world.�
Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable.�This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.�
'Now ladies and gentlemen, let's go inside.� The show's about to begin . . .'

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