City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Working class boy, Jimmy Barnes

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Working class boy

Jimmy Barnes

Long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan -- a working class boy whose family made the journey from Scotland to Australia in search of a better life. This is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend

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