"A novel in verse on the adventures of a German-Australian sailor early this century, eg. "The first I heard that the War had really come / was a black-faced officer with a target and a church / on his cap, directing sailors to rip / our decks up, for the coal below. / I turned out of my hammock / to fight them--and our bos'un chucked me a shovel: / We're coaling that battlecruiser. / There! The English are after her!" By an Australian writer."
"A novel in verse on the adventures of a German-Australian sailor early this century, eg. "The first I heard that the War had really come / was a black-faced officer with a target and a church / on his cap, directing sailors to rip / our decks up, for the coal below. / I turned out of my hammock / to fight them--and our bos'un chucked me a shovel: / We're coaling that battlecruiser. / There! The English are after her!" By an Australian writer."@en
"A verse-novel in five books which tells the life story of Fred Boettcher, a German-Australian sailor. The tale spans both World Wars, the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. Murray balances world events with the pains of isolation and the fulfilments of family and friendship."@en
"The author of Subhuman Redneck Poems tells the life story of Fred Boettcher, a German-Australian, in a tale which spans both World Wars, the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, with action taking place on three continents."@en