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Freshwater, Queensland : Taipan Press, 2001. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Some very faint foxing on inside covers, text is free of foxing All edges neat and clean Card cover corners are slightly bumped This is the story of Lyall Ford's grandfather Charles Edward Ford who left England in 1887 at 21 years of age hoping to find a better life than may have been his lot had he remained in England. The book presents an evocative history of the town of Walkerton, the Ford family, and their wider connections with the Pioneer Valley District in the era before "radio, television, movies and computers". B & W photos and illustrations
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Poorhouse to Paradise: the Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town Paperback - 2001
by Ford, Lyall
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- Title Poorhouse to Paradise: the Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town
- Author Ford, Lyall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition Fi
- Publisher Taipan Press, Freshwater, Qld
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9780646332543
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Freshwater, Qld: Taipan Press, 2001. xix + 218 pp,b&w photographs, two tables, nine family trees, conversion of measurements, bibliography, index. Pictorial card. 3-line gift note and prev owner stamp on half-title page. 'This is the story of Lyall Ford's grandfather Charles Edward Ford who left England in 1887 at 21 years of age hoping to find a better life than may have been his lot had he remained in England. The book presents an evocative history of the the town of Walkerton, the Ford family, and their wider connections with the Pioneer Valley District in the era before "radio, television, movies and computers".. First edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.
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