Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1939, this book contains the autobiography of the well-travelled Victorian engineer John Brunton (1812-99), which he wrote for his grandchildren. Brunton's account is easy to read and filled with a number of interesting vignettes of colonial life and attitudes.

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John Brunton's book: being the memories of John Brunton, engineer, from a manuscript in his own hand written for his grandchildren and now first printed.