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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Tall Ships and Tall Tales : A Life of Dancing with History
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'Over the last 40 years, Jonathan King has brought history to life, re-enacting events such as the First Fleet’s voyage across the high seas to Botany Bay, the mutiny against ship’s captain William Bligh on the Bounty, Matthew Flinders’ troubled circumnavigation of Terra Australis, Ernest Shackleton’s death-defying dash across the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean, and Marco Polo’s passage from China.

'Along the way, King has encountered a cast of mavericks, rogues, entrepreneurs, dignitaries, and politicians — a veritable who’s who of Australia and beyond. These include bushman R.M. Williams, singers Slim Dusty and Helen Reddy, actor Jack Thompson, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, great train robber Ronnie Biggs, explorer Edmund Hillary, boxer Muhammad Ali, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, rock star Sting — and even Queen Elizabeth II.

'So join this bestselling author and historian as he recounts his spectacular adventures: jackarooing on outback stations; trekking the Amazon to meet a remote tribe; sailing the perilous waters of the Atlantic; riding a traditional junk in the South China Sea; being detained by Spanish border guards; and becoming caught in an Antarctic hurricane, just metres from reaching Shackleton’s grave. These extraordinary tales will leave you breathless, dazzled, and inspired by King’s persistence and sheer courage in bringing history to life.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Jane, my wife and the mother of our daughters, who has been the most wonderful partner since we met and the best possible companion on my journey through life

    and

    to Henrik Bak Nielsen, first mate of Anna Kristina, who was lost overboard in the South Atlantic Ocean on 22 August 1987.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton North, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2013 .
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      Extent: 369, 32 pages of illustrationsp.
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      • Published November 2013
      ISBN: 9781922070739

Works about this Work

In Short : Non-Fiction Steven Carroll , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of Rod Laver : A Memoir Rod Laver , Larry Writer , 2013 single work autobiography ; Tall Ships and Tall Tales : A Life of Dancing with History Jonathan King , 2013 single work autobiography
Stormy Passage Marc McEvoy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 December 2013; (p. 11)

— Review of Tall Ships and Tall Tales : A Life of Dancing with History Jonathan King , 2013 single work autobiography
Stormy Passage Marc McEvoy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 1 December 2013; (p. 11)

— Review of Tall Ships and Tall Tales : A Life of Dancing with History Jonathan King , 2013 single work autobiography
In Short : Non-Fiction Steven Carroll , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of Rod Laver : A Memoir Rod Laver , Larry Writer , 2013 single work autobiography ; Tall Ships and Tall Tales : A Life of Dancing with History Jonathan King , 2013 single work autobiography
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