The alert, grey twinkling eyes of C. J. DeGaris
Nichols, David2022
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Entrepreneur, aviator, publisher, publicist, propagandist, playwright, songwriter, motorist, land developer, dreamer: for five brief years it seemed like there was nothing Clement John DeGaris couldn't do. He'd inveigle your life savings out of you with a promise of doubling them in a year and then, when he lost them, he'd promise to reimburse you and you'd lend him some more to make it easier. He was dashing, patriotic, handsome, fearless and funny: men and women alike adored him. He'd put a second storey on Mildura, he said, with his marketing skills and tenacious work in the fruit, irrigation and land industries; he was going to build a new home afresh at Kendenup, Western Australia. Along the way, he wrote and sold books and plays, songs, suburbs and a host of other equally remarkable schemes. There seemed to be little that C. J. DeGaris couldn't achieve: he was a new kind of Australian man, modern, quick-witted, unflappable.
Main title:
The alert, grey twinkling eyes of C. J. DeGaris / David Nichols.
Author:
Nichols, David, author
Imprint:
Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97817608016569781760801656
Dewey class:
338.04092338.04
Language:
English
Subject:
DeGaris, C. J. (Jack), 1884-1926Entrepreneurship -- Australia -- BiographyPhilanthropists -- Australia -- BiographyBusinesspeople -- Australia -- BiographyBusinessmen -- Australia -- BiographyReal estate developers -- Australia -- BiographyMildura (Vic.) -- BiographyAustralia -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryBiographies
BRN:
521502
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 338.04 DEG | Available |