Download or read book The Confessions of a Beachcomber Esprios Classics written by E J Banfield and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Confessions of a Beachcomber" is a memoir written by E. J. Banfield, an Englishman who lived on Dunk Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book chronicles Banfield's experiences living a solitary life on the island, where he immersed himself in the natural world and observed its flora and fauna with great curiosity and insight. Banfield describes his daily life, including his interactions with the indigenous people of the island, his observations of the diverse wildlife, and his reflections on the beauty and fragility of the natural environment. He also shares his thoughts on solitude, simplicity, and the importance of living in harmony with nature. Overall, "The Confessions of a Beachcomber" offers readers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era and provides valuable insights into the human connection to the natural world.
Download or read book The Confessions of a Beachcomber written by Banfield E. J. (Edmund James) and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book My Tropic Isle Esprios Classics written by E J Banfield and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund James "Ted" Banfield (4 September 1852 - 2 June 1923) was an author and naturalist in Queensland, Australia. He is best known for his book Confessions of a Beachcomber. His grave on Dunk Island is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Banfield had experience with newspapers in Melbourne and Sydney in the 1870s, and in 1882 went to Townsville, Queensland, where he became sub-editor of the Townsville Bulletin. In 1884 he visited England, the voyage providing the material for a pamphlet, The Torres Strait Route from Queensland to England (1885).
Download or read book The Confessions of a Beachcomber Etc written by Edmund James BANFIELD and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Confessions of a Beachcomber written by E. J. Banfield and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No better, more human, more finely descriptive, or more enticing books have ever been written by an Australian of Australia..." -- The Sydney Mail*******"This is a wholly exceptional book . . . which has been lived, and there are not over many books like that." -- The Daily Chronicle*****America had Henry David Thoreau, James Audubon, John Burroughs, and John Muir. Australia had E.J. Banfield, the beloved Beachcomber of Dunk Island. Join Banfield as he describes his escape from hectic civilization to the simpler pleasures of a tropical paradise. A physical wreck, Banfield literally crawled onto the beach in Brammo Bay from the ship's launch that brought him to the island where he would spend the remainder of his life and would find renewed health and interest in life.A disciple of Thoreau, Banfield became a champion of species preservation, and using his pen as his sword, he eventually persuaded the Australian government to set aside Dunk Island as a protected area for wild birds of all species.During his life on the island, Banfield became a keen observer of the nature around him, and while he argues his amateur approach to the study of nature, his catalog of the island's life provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at what it means to live free on a tropical island.For modern readers, Banfield's observations remind us of an intriguing, complex, interesting, and intensely enjoyable world beyond the television screen and computer monitor.
Download or read book The Beachcomber s Wife 16pt Large Print Edition written by Adrian Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It should have been a paradise, but paradise is what you lose, it is what you might have had. An elderly woman who has lived for many years on a tropical island off the Queensland coast with her beachcomber husband waits for help from the mainland. For three harrowing days, alone. He has died, his body lies in their cabin just up from the beach, and while she awaits help she reviews her reclusive life there, of nearly 25 years with him. She is a woman with a glint in her mind's eye. The Beachcomber's Wife draws upon the published writings of E.J. Banfield, who lived an isolated life with his wife Bertha on Dunk Island through the first decades of the twentieth century. He made very little reference to her in his work (Confessions of a Beachcomber and others). This account imagines what it might have been like from her point of view. It follows Banfield's practice, of fact cemented with fiction.
