Oliver Cromwell - Dunlop, John
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Autorenporträt
John Dunlop was born in Melbourne Australia in 1950, the Chinese year of the metal tiger. Educated at Scotch College, he matriculated with honours in mathematics, chemistry and Russian language. Before leaving school he twice hitchhiked around Australia and worked underground as a miner, and on offshore oil rigs. He had also accompanied his father, "Weary" Dunlop, to war-torn Vietnam in 1965. By the time he left school he had already seen much of the world and become an accomplished outdoorsman.After graduating from Melbourne University in mining engineering, he spent much of the next twenty years involved in mine operations, which led to roles in senior management and as a director. Then followed thirty years as a roving minerals consultant with travel to many countries and often very remote locations.Always he made sure he took time out to "feed the rat" - to escape to remote outdoor places and keep a written record of his travels which has grown into a unique collection spanning more than sixty years. These records, when grouped together, fall into the categories of boyhood travels, mountain travels (his first book), Tasmanian walks (this book), polar travel and work-related trips to unique places.When eventually published in their entirety, they will become an autobiography written progressively over a very broad timespan. The photographic images captured on most of his journeys provide a historic and rare chronological record.John is now in his seventies and has three adult children - John, a customs officer in Melbourne; Andrew, a former Victorian policeman now living in Sweden; and Isabelle, who teaches and plays violin, based in Brussels. His only sibling, brother Alexander, qualified as a doctor and passed away in his late sixties.