I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall’s story of his childhood – a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs. His world was the Australian countryside early last century: rough-riders, bushmen, farmers and tellers of tall stories – a world held precious by the young Alan Marshall.
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The great book: interesting, life-asserting and optimistic!
Mar 26 2002
By Software Engineer
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The excellent story about boy exploring the world around him and establishing courageous qualities of Man in what is truly a celebration of the human spirit when faced with hardship.
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Vivid Australian boyhood memoir of the 1920's
May 6 2013
By G. Coatsworth
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I loved this book because the writer is so honest. He contracts polio as a child, but never really grasps that he won't be able to walk again. He simply goes about finding new ways of getting around. He's courageous with not a shred of self-pity. And his descriptions of life on a sheep station in Australia give a really good sense of the time. Recommended for readers who like memoir, travel writing (because it's set in Australia) and stories of quiet heroism.
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By Blue Tyson
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I can jump puddles is the autobiographical account of the author as a boy, more particularly after he gets sick and has to deal with his handicaps, and the punishing regime and treatments he has to go through and face every day.
He also has to learn to relate and get along with his able-bodied peers, and earn their respect.
He also has to learn to relate and get along with his able-bodied peers, and earn their respect.
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