Galapagos by John Hickman
Every year a quarter of a million well-healed, well-read travellers take the holiday of a lifetime to the Galapagos. To feed the book-buyers on this annual pilgrimage, there are a lot of beautifully illustrated guides to the fauna of the islands on the shelves, but very little about the scurrilous human adventurers who also passed this way. John Hickman presents an intriguing cast of characters, from Incas to whalers, pirates to Robinson Crusoes, the original Swiss Family Robinson and the revered Charles Darwin.
John Hickman was born in March 1945 in Kensington, London, England. Carole, his wife of forty-eight years says that should make him a mature writer. Educated at private schools John worked in a bank and then worked in his father's hotel business in Royal Tunbridge Wells. He joined the Pest Control industry based in the UK before migrating with his family to Brisbane in 1971 as 'ten pound Poms'. They became naturalised Australians in 1973. John spent a lifetime in business specialising in pest control, fumigation, and timber preservation. In the 1990s his family farmed Javan Rusa deer. After retirement in 2003 he started to 'smell the flowers' and realised how most of them smelled the same. Unable to play golf, he discovered a latent passion for writing. John's first book Reluctant Hero tells the controversial story of his dad, Bill's, involvement in WW2. He survived as a Lancaster bomber pilot when the majority perished. Tripping Over is its sequel. Sex, Lies & Crazy People was published in 2014 and follows on from Tripping Over. G'day Down-Under is due to be published in 2015 and follows on from Sex, Lies & Crazy People. They are all true stories.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781906011109 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906011109 |
| Title | Galapagos |
| Author | John Hickman |
| Series | Through Writers' Eyes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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