Miles Osmiles

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781908645111


With forty eight Transistor radios in his suitcase, Joe, an Englishman, lands at Trichy Airport in the summer of 1965. The Custom"s officer confronts him, but on hearing about Joe"s mission, lets him go scot-free! The transistor radios are quickly converted into cash. With this "princely" sum, Joe settles down to establish a Boys Town for the upliftment of the underprivileged. Joe reminisces on his journey through poverty stricken rural Indiahis struggle to raise funds and his many first hand experiences in Farming; Dairying- personally vending Milk; Land deals; dealing with Snake Charmers; Water Diviners; Cats and Monkeys; Swindlers and an encounter with Dacoits; besides experiencing the generosity of many. In ten years Joe established eleven Boys Towns and a Girls Town, providing free shelter, food, clothing, an education for life, and much more, to the poorest of the poor. Joe"s life is a story of 45 years of struggle, waging battle after battle to banish poverty from the lives of the underprivileged. He comes out a winner! Selflessness had been his guiding star. So much has been achieved by so little. This book tells you how.