To Find the Girl from Perth
an illustrated novel by David Chadwick, with songs,
set in Western Australia
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Changes
and Errata
Cuke.com page on this book where you can find the
illustrations and more till I get it all moved over to defusermusic.com
American Zen failure
Chadwick this time is in a Western Australian caper. He went there, he
writes in the introduction, on a whim to visit a dear chum, meet her
family, friends, and homeland, curious to explore, anticipating only the
warmth of new acquaintance, the excitement of unknown flora and fauna, the
joy of walking about. There was that, but then there was the unexpected as
events propelled me with brazen mates into a bizarre treasure hunt for
another lass, one in danger of the grave.
Join Chadwick and his cast of curious characters in their search To Find the
Girl from Perth.
ISBN 978-0-9801725-5-3 / November 2008 -
A
Speir Publishing Book
Front and back cover
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This was originally a
NaNoWriMo project - see
DC's comments on National
Novel Writing Month
It's also an e-book that can be bought and downloaded from various sites (here's one) and a Kindle book at Amazon or it can be read here for free or for a donation if you choose. It seems the Kindle book doesn't have the illustrations - that must be fixed. Apparently is was hard to do.
Songs for
To Find the Girl from Perth
by David Chadwick & Homemade (a few friends & family)Buy it out at CD Baby (best)
Buy it in a 10 CD set or as a download
Illustrations by Andrew Atkeison
With quotes from the novel by David Chadwick
ISBN 978-0-9801725-5-3 / November 2008
A Speir Publishing Illustrated Book
Andrew
Atkeison was born in Alabama in 1949. He holds a degree in art and has a
fascinating sculpture garden. He has two grown daughters and lives in Northern
California with his wife, Rosie.
While you're here, check out our tee shirts and visit David Chadwick's cafe press store to buy other Girl From Perth accessories.
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Rottnest Quokka Light T-Shirt
Quokkas live on Rottnest Island in Western Australia. They are
related to Wallabies but are roundish and the size of big rabbits.
They licked our toes. Some of the mommies had babies in pouches.
Find this and more Here |
Find the Girl from Perth Yellow T-Shirt
Is she kidnapped or did she just run off for fun?
Either way,
where is she?
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David Chadwick (born Feb.9, 1945-shirt size xxl) grew up in Fort Worth Texas, dropped out of
college the first year, did civil rights work, hitchhiked around, went to
Mexico for a year, moved to California and began to study Zen as a student
of Shunryu Suzuki in 1966. He was ordained as a Buddhist priest in 1971,
shortly before Suzuki's death. He continued his Zen study with Richard Baker
and assisted in the operation of the San Francisco Zen Center for a number
of years, and continues these relationships as a spiritual friend, alumni,
and historian. Through the years he has been involved with sporadic
environmental and peace work. In 1988 he went to Japan for four years and
continued his Zen study there with Shodo Harada at Sogenji in Okayama. He
has two sons born 1973 and 1991. Chadwick has had two marriages and two
other lengthy relationships, the latter of which continues blissfully. He
has written three prior books, over 1200 songs, too many proposals, and
continues to dabble in Buddhism and other matters, mainly working on
preserving and delivering the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki which the purchase of
this book will help to support. Learn about this and lots more on his
extensive website,
www.cuke.com. To Find the Girl from Perth is his first novel.Thank You and OK!: An American Zen Failure in Japan (Shambhala) (formerly Penguin)
to contact DC: defuser@sonic.net
cuke.com - an archival site on the life and world of Shunryu Suzuki and those who knew him.