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Random House, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sports & Pastimes. ISBN: 1741665582. ISBN/EAN: 9781741665581. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23275. . 9781741665581
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- Title They Called Him Boy
- Author Fenton, Peter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Advance Review C
- Pages 258
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House (Australia), Australia
- Date January 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781741665581 / 1741665582
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006373830
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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They Called Him Boy: Andrew "Boy" Charlton, one of our greatest swimming champions
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Random House Australia, Sydney, 2006. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 256 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. Andrew 'Boy' Charlton set his first world record as a school boy. He became an Olympic and World Champion in the 1500m swim, and like Grant Hackett, in a number of shorter distances. He medalled in the 1500m in 1924, 1928 and 1932. In between each Olympics he retired and stopped competing to either complete his studies (he was only 16 at his first Olympics), or work as a jackeroo. Only taking up training, if at all, in the months prior to a competition. He loved the ocean more than the pool and was an Australian Surf Champion in 1931/2 and 1934/5. He was,…
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THEY CALLED HIM BOY: Andrew 'Boy' Charlton, one of our best-loved swimming champions
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Milsons Point, Random first edition - trade paperback, stiff card covers A hero of Australian sport was born in 1924 when 'Boy' Charlton at age 16, defeated Sweden's world champion at Sydney's Domain, and later that year became Australia's first 1500 metres Olympic champion. Embarrassed by the adulation, he turned his back on fame to become a jackaroo living a simple but humble life, interrupted by visits overseas where he was feted. 233 x 155mm., pp. xii, 258, b/w plates, biblio. Trade paperback, stiff card covers. Contents - no inscriptions, card covers - no creases. FINE ISBN: 1741665582
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