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Pity the Swagman

The Australian Odyssey of a Victorian Diarist
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Biography of Joseph Jenkins (1818-98). Tregaron tenant farmer Jenkins was innovative and successful with an award for the best farm in the county, and was an influential figure, involved in local politics and the building of the Manchester and Milford railway through the area. Despite this, aged 50, he left his wife and nine children without a word, and traveled to Australia. For the next two decades he lived there as a swagman: an itinerant farm laborer. Despite having little formal education, Jenkins had a keen intellect and a thirst for self-improvement through reading, and was a poet in both Welsh and English, winning 13 consecutive prizes at the Ballarat St David's Day Eisteddfod for his englyniau (a specific form of Welsh-language poetry) so he is remembered also as a man of letters. The book draws greatly on the journals he kept in both Wales and Australia.

Author Biography:

Bethan Phillips was born in 1934 in Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, and died in 2019, aged 84. Educated at Aberystwyth University, she was a teacher, lecturer and scriptwriter for the 1980s TV docudrama series Almanac, as well as writing articles and reviews for the Western Mail, Y Faner, Country Quest and the periodical Planet. She was also the author of books on local history in both English and Welsh, including The Lovers' Graves: 6 true tales that shocked Wales and Peterwell: The history of a mansion and its infamous squire. Her Welsh-language original version of this book, Rhwng Dau Fyd, was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year awards, and she was involved in making a film about Joseph Jenkins for the BBC: The Swagman from Wales.
Release date NZ
March 26th, 2024
Pages
476
Edition
3rd ed.
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
ISBN-13
9781800995024
Product ID
38195051

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