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050	0	0	_aDT21 _b.H63 2018
100	1		_aHoare, Chris _c(Journalist), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_a'Mad Mike' Hoare : _bthe legend / _cChris Hoare.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aDurban, South Africa : _bPartners in Publishing ; _c2018.
300			_axiii, 306 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), portraits (some color), maps ; _c23 cm
500			_a"A biography"--Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 288-289) and index. Black and white photographs at the back.
505	0		_aFamily tree -- Introduction -- The youngster -- The soldier -- The walker -- The motorcyclist -- The explorer -- The mercenary officer -- The safari leader -- The loose tongue -- The legend -- The scheme -- The yachtsman -- The Wild Geese -- The idealist -- The pilgrim -- The Francophile -- The older soldier -- Glossary.
520			_aIn 1964/1965, Colonel Mike Hoare led 300� Wild Geese' across the Congo to crush a communist rebellion, rescue 2000 nuns and priests from barbarity, beat Che Guevara ... and become a legend. Of Irish blood, Mike was schooled in England and, during World War 2, was the� best bloody soldier in the British Army'. He demobbed as major, qualified in London as a chartered accountant and emigrated to South Africa. Going rogue, he started living dangerously to get more out of life, including trans-Africa motorbike trips, bluewater sailing, exploring remote areas, and leading safaris in the Kalahari Desert. Here Mike got to know the CIA agent who was to change his life ... and Nelson Mandela's. Later Mike was technical advisor to the film The Wild Geese, which starred Richard Burton playing the Mike Hoare character. In 1981 Mike led 50� Frothblowers' in a bid to depose the socialist government of the Seychelles. Things went wrong and soon Mike was to spend three years in jail for hijacking a Boeing 707. Here for the first time, in this story behind the story, Chris Hoare separates the man from the myth in a way only a son can, and concludes his� mad dad' was an officer and a gentleman with a bit of pirate thrown in.
600	1	0	_aHoare, Mike.
600	1	7	_aHoare, Mike. _2fast
650		0	_aSoldiers _zAfrica _vBiography.
650		0	_aAdventure and adventurers _zAfrica _vBiography.
650		7	_aAdventure and adventurers. _2fast
650		7	_aSoldiers. _2fast
651		7	_aAfrica. _2fast
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