The Last Showman: The life and times of an Outback tent-boxing legend

Fred Brophy

The Last Showman: The life and times of an Outback tent-boxing legend
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Australia
Country
Australia
Published
1 February 2016
Pages
336
ISBN
9780143572862

The Last Showman: The life and times of an Outback tent-boxing legend

Fred Brophy

Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable. This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.

‘My life has been a mad travelling show, meeting some of the strangest and greatest people who’ve ever lived. I’ve had my fair share of trouble and I’m lucky to be here. But I’ve always been a showman and I’ve done my best to preserve a precious part of an old Australia that’s fast disappearing.’

Son of a sideshow operator and trapeze artist, fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy grew up on the road, travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He did time in jail as a wild teenager before establishing his own successful boxing tent. It has become a star attraction in the Outback and is now the only one of its kind in the world.

Fred tells stories of living on the smell of an oily rag, rescuing battlers, and becoming embroiled in some of the most bizarre adventures imaginable. This is one helluva life, full of hardship, hilarity and unexpected turns, including Fred being inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame and receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia.

‘Now ladies and gentlemen, let’s go inside. The show’s about to begin …’

‘One of the wildest, funniest, most extraordinary Australian autobiographies you could ever squeeze into 300 pages.’ R.M. Williams Outback Magazine

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