{"product_id":"here-comes-the-bailiff-doris-cheesbrough-1974","title":"Here comes the bailiff! Doris Cheesbrough. 1974.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years after the 1914-1918 War high hopes were held for the future of Soldier Settlement in the newly-opened Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. There the “Returned msn” would establish their fruit farms - and make their fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a hot, dusty land, towns like Leeton and Griffith, large and important now, were no more than a collection of small shops and shanties. There were Heartbreaks, and for some disaster and disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the growing of Rice was decided upon after experimenting with a small parcel of seed brought from America by Mr John Brady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn those years a young city lass married a returned soldier - one who had the light of vision and love-of-the-land in his eyes - and with him and their babe went out to Griffith to pioneer a rice farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe tells the story of those early years now - tells it with all its pathos, all its humour, all its heartbreak, all its love…..And she tells it as only a pioneer can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover \/ Medium","offer_id":42810144850002,"sku":"CHEESBROUGH1","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/20DFBB39-79F3-41D4-AB53-3F2E4C2DCB86.jpg?v=1792030612","url":"https:\/\/browsebooks.com.au\/products\/here-comes-the-bailiff-doris-cheesbrough-1974","provider":"Browse Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}