num_pages: 239
description:  This area is frequented by paramilitaries, guerillas and bandits. But danger only fires the blood of Bill (Red Dog) Redding. He flies a perilous payroll delivery to the heart of Colombian bandit country, then takes explosives work with a construction company where safety last seems the motto. With a nose for adventure and an instinct for survival Red Dog quickly makes his mark. He gentles a man-killing horse, defuses a potential explosives disaster and dines weekly with the Bandit Queen and her twelve excitable, gun-toting sons. However, before long Red Dog makes a surprising and hazardous discovery. This, along with complicating factors, sets his shoulder blades twitching and suddenly he must flee for his life through bandit-riddled mountains. Red Dog’s extraordinary real-life exploits are told in his own laconic vernacular to writer, Fleur Beale. His entire life is the stuff of adventure novels and this story is guaranteed to keep all enterprising daredevils reading till way past lights out. Sadly Bill Redding died while this book was in production. He was working in Mozambique at the time, clearing land mines. · This is a ‘wild-west’ non-fiction story. (We’re told there isn’t enough non-fiction for young male readers.) · It¹s a memoir told as a narrative but written like fiction. · Written in a clear, succinct and direct style. · Great sense of drama and story telling. · Fleur Beale is a well-known, well respected children’s writer and has captured the voice of Red Dog completely. · Bill Redding is a colorful character; he’ll make good copy. · Subtle dissemination of hard-earned knowledge and wisdom. · Excellent survival skills delivered in the course of action. · Although the readership is listed as 10 to 15 it’s the type of story which can be enjoyed by many. We all enjoyed it here!
language: English
title: Red Dog in Bandit Country
titlecomplete: Red Dog in Bandit Country
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Longacre Press