Tent Boxing

Tent Boxing
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Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 1862078548
ISBN-13 : 9781862078543
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Book Synopsis Tent Boxing by : Wayne McLennan

Download or read book Tent Boxing written by Wayne McLennan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the author of this book was growing up in a sleepy Australian mining town in the 1950s, the most exciting event of the year was the arrival of Jimmy Sharman's boxing tent. When the author returned to Australia after many years abroad he discovered that a few boxing tents still existed in remote, northern Australia. McLennan worked at one of these tents and in the process of finding out what makes a man fight for money, he learned a lot about Australia and a lot about himself.


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