Tom Wills
the insubordinate life of an australian sporting legend
$34.79
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2023
Summary
Tom Wills: The Life and Times of Australia’s Sporting Legend
This is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, Australia’s first great cricketer - the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football.
Sent to the strict Rugby School in England at fourteen, Tom returned as a worldly young man whose cricket prowess quickly captured the hearts of the colony. But away from the adoring crowds, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761068546 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761068547 |
| Author: | Greg de Moore |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 504g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Greg de Moore
Greg de Moore is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry based at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital. Born in Melbourne of parents who migrated to Australia from Sri Lanka, Greg has lived in Sydney for more than thirty years. He has written and co-written four books - Tom Wills (shortlisted for the National Biography Award 2009), A National Game: The History of Australian Rules Football, Finding Sanity: John Cade, Lithium and the Taming of Bipolar Disorder and Australia’s Game: The History of Australian Football.
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