Summon the Giants by Captain William McGrath | PB Architecture lovely book

lovely book

and the minuscule pay at journey’s end

And David Faber brings the cold light of veracity to one of those dark stories of Tasmania’s early colonial years that history has for a long time tried to remember differently

but Saul Eslake cuts through the politics and rhetoric and looks at the past

Summon the Giants by Captain William McGrath | PB Architecture lovely bookCaptain Bill McGraths life spanned the experiential breadth of many men. He started his lifes quest as a student activist protesting against Nazism, then as a surfer, a naval commander during World War II, a university lecturer in philosophy and finally a sheep farmer. Bill was an acclaimed expert in the ancient art of celestial navigation and an adventurer who, one way or another, managed to set foot in most corners of the planet. His was a life