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THE REAL JOHN WREN

by Hugh BUGGY

Copyright: © Widescope International Publishers,

Publisher: Widescope, Melbourne, Australia
Published: 1977
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: No dogears, no marks of any kind, ageing page browning only blemish
Edition: FIRST EDITON

This very first edition was published in Melbourne, Australia by Widescope, in 1977. A Soft Cover with a portrait of John Wren on the cover. It measures  22cm x 14cm. It has  xiii, 269 pages + adv. Some spotting to edges, otherwisse a good copy.

Description:

John Wren ("John West") was the notorious subject of Frank Hardy's novel, "Power Without Glory"(email, I have this title to sell also, along with many other Frank hardy books). Originally written and complied by Hugh Buggy in the early 1950s for a series in the Melbourne Argus, this posthumously published book is a defense of the man, Wren, and his family.

Preface by John Wren and Foreword by Arthur Calwell, written whilst Deputy Leader of the A.L.P.

To those people who have read Power Without Glory or who have seen the television series I direct one question - Can you accept one view of a man without hearing his defence?  This is the true story of John Wren..." 

This is the plea of John Wren's son in his introduction to this dramatic story of his father's life.  It is a poignant plea, for John Wren's name has suffered a smear of immense proportion.  Over the last three decades, his name has become inescapably linked to the notorious character 'John West' in Frank Hardy's well publicised novel, Power Without Glory.  

The Real John Wren, a partisan defence of John Wren, was written by the late Hugh Buggy, a close friend of John Wren and one of the most brilliant journalists of his time. 

This is the first full-length and book-form presentation of The Real John Wren.  It is introduced by John Wren, and features a preface written by the late Arthur Calwell when he was Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party. 

It is essential reading for all who demand to hear both sides of the story before drawing their own conclusions.