Pity the Swagman - Phillips, Bethan
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For over 75 years, in both Wales and Australia, gifted Victorian farmer and poet Joseph Jenkins kept a detailed, perceptive diary. It provides a rare and fascinating insight into pioneering times on two continents, as well as into the inner torment of an absorbingly complex man. A mode farmer, respected friend of the gentry and politicians in Wales turned middle-aged swagman, scratching out a living as an itinerant farm labourer during the Australian gold rush, Joseph confided almost everything in his journal. Bethan Phillips's highly readable analysis presents not only a unique perspective on…mehr

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For over 75 years, in both Wales and Australia, gifted Victorian farmer and poet Joseph Jenkins kept a detailed, perceptive diary. It provides a rare and fascinating insight into pioneering times on two continents, as well as into the inner torment of an absorbingly complex man. A mode farmer, respected friend of the gentry and politicians in Wales turned middle-aged swagman, scratching out a living as an itinerant farm labourer during the Australian gold rush, Joseph confided almost everything in his journal. Bethan Phillips's highly readable analysis presents not only a unique perspective on rural nineteenth-century Wales and Australia, but also the very human story of a man's decision to turn his life upside down, and his attempt to come to terms with himself. Celebrated in Australia, the story of the Welsh swagman is one you won't want to miss!
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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 'Pity the Swagman', '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'.