| Description |
196 pages : illustrations map (on lining paper) ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Author's foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Because it is there -- 2. The whiskey millionaire -- 3. Absent without leave -- 4. Six scruffy Arabs -- 5. "Six Bob Between Us!" -- 6. Money from the major -- 7. Down in the Jungle -- 8. Storm and smash -- Challenging the Timor -- 10. A heroes' welcome -- 11. End of the flight -- 12. Jungle gold -- 13. A miner's right -- 14. The great race -- 15. The PD over again -- 16. Persian politics -- 17. Back to New Guinea -- 18. Battling Parer -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Ray Parer made the first single-engined flight from England to Australia, back in 1920 when most flying was by guess and by God. This would seem a big enough challende for most men - but for Battling Ray Parer it was only part of a lifetime adventure. World War I pilot, gold-miner, charter-flier over the jungles of New Guinea, pearl-fisher, small-boat sailor... these and many other ventures make up the story of this quiet Australian, who would pack more hair-breadth escapes into a week than most people have in a lifetime. John Godwin spent several years in research for this book, which he has written into a most human and colourful yarn. With zest and humour, he carries the reader at a rattling pace through the story of this fascinating modern adventure. (Inside cover) |
| Notes |
Maps on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 184-185 |
| Subject |
Parer, Raymond J. P. (Raymond John Paul), 1894-1967.
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Aeronautics -- Flights.
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Air pilots -- Biography.
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Air pilots -- Australia -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
67029779 |
| ISBN |
0207949506 |
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9780207949500 |
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