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James Vance Marshall

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

January 03, 1924

Died

August 22, 2018

Genre

Children's, Adventure, Travel

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Pseudonym of Donald Gordon Payne.

Donald Gordon Payne was an English author of adventure novels and travel books.

Donald Gordon Payne was born in Denmark Hill in South East London in January 1924. His father, Francis, was a New Zealander, who served in the First World War with the ANZACS. His mother was Evelyn Rodgers, a nurse during the Great War.

He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and then at Charterhouse School. As a child he travelled with his parents to New Zealand and parts of the East coast of Australia – an experience which left him with a lifelong affection for these countries.

Deferring his place at Corpus Christi College Oxford, he enlisted in the Fleet Air Arm in 1943. After training at Sealand, near Liverpool, an ...more

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Average rating: 3.54 · 3,206 ratings · 370 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Walkabout 3.49 avg rating — 2,797 ratings — published 1959 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories from the Billabong by James Vance Marshall, Francis Firebrace (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Windmills: A River Ran Out of Eden 3.56 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WHITE OUT 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Seal 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wind at Morning 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My boy John that went to sea 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Spring 1967, Volume 69: My Boy John That Went to Sea / One Summer in Between / The Broken Seal / Dibs in Search of Self / The Road / Sally by James Vance Marshall, Melissa Mather, Ladislas Farago 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Spring 1963, Volume 53: A River Ran Out of Eden / Escape from Red China / The Surgeon / Smith and Jones / To Sir, With Love / ... And Presumed Dead by James Vance Marshall, Robert Loh, Humphrey Evans 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Their lives were utterly uncomplicated because they were devoted to one purpose, dedicated in their entirety to the waging of one battle: the battle with death.”
― James Vance Marshall, Walkabout

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“It was the smile that broke Mary’s heart: that last forgiving smile. Before, she had seen only as through a glass darkly, but now she saw face to face. And in that moment of truth all her inbred fears and inhibitions were sponged away, and she saw that the world which she had thought was split in two was one.”
― James Vance Marshall, Walkabout

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