Fred Hollows : an autobiography [Paperback]

Fred Hollows (Author), Peter Corris (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 267 pages
• Publisher: Kerr Publishing (1992)
• ISBN-10: 0958800472
• ISBN-13: 978-0958800471
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,466,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Overview of the patron Saint of Oz, December 17, 2001

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J. A. DUFFIELD-WHYARD "Sapper K9" (BEECHBORO, Western Australia Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fred Hollows : an autobiography (Paperback)

I read this book shortly after it was published. It was co-authored by one of Fred Hollows patients, Fred was a Professor of Opthalmology in Sydney. But he was more.

He started his life in New Zealand and studied Theology. He cane ot Australia and woked as a Stock-Hand and Roustabout (Cowboy), then studied medicine.

He lived a full and, unhappily, foreshortened life dying of lymphoma in his late 50s, leaving a young family. He founded the Hollows Foundation (...) which continues his work in underdeveloped areas of the world restoring sight to, by now, hundreds of thousands.

This book tells his story as only Fred could have, with no expletives deleted!

He used to say that his one aim in life was to "be considered a cabinet maker by other cabinetmakers." A humble aspiration for one of the world's special people.

Do yourself a favour - read it. I promise that you will not forget the man or his deeds, and he was a self confessed Communist to boot.