My life story : "how lucky am I?" / by Lawrence Rickards ; [foreword by] Rob Rickards
- Bib ID:
- 7248513
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rickards, Lawrence, author
- Printer:
- Bayswater, WA : Success Print.
- Description:
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- [Swanbourne, Western Australia] : Lawrence Rickards, 2016
- ©2016
- [14], 208 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 22 cm + 1 family tree (2 leaves)
- Summary:
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"A splendid and fascinating account. The diary describes events such as the invitation extended by Lobengula, King of the Matabele, for the early pioneers to settle in Rhodesia. The author is a descendant of one such settler, Thomas Moodie ... . The story focuses on the life of the author who had the privilege to have been brought up on a farm in Rhodesia and later, after a protracted insurgency war and inception of black majority rule, decided to remain in Rhodesia, (renamed Zimbabwe), and help re-build the country ... . In 1990-2000, political decisions unfolded which, over the following 15 years, destroyed the economy, displace[d] millions of people, and generally made life pretty miserable. In 2005 a decision was made to move to Australia and start a new life... - Mervyn Dobbins-"--Back cover.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- How lucky am I : my life story : Lawrence Rickards (Lawry), born in Kenya in 1952 : a personal diary of a family history : 1274-2015
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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