Austin Cooke: Hellraiser to Crusader / Cooke, Rod, (Ed) / (PB/2023-2023/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Book is very lightly used and clean.*

Born into a dysfunctional home with 12 siblings, Austin seemed to be the target of his father’s violent vindictiveness. Arbitrary, extended thrashings didn’t deter 8-year-old Austin trying to protect his mother. But there was a price…

While the young Austin wasn’t cowed by the violence, in the absence of love, it turned him into a teenage rebel and the leader of a violent gang, which created mayhem. He fled town at 2am one night to escape the police, but was ambushed spectacularly by God.

At 16 Austin became a Christian, telling God that he only wanted to be “a dinkum one”. That’s when the dreams began—baffling but portentous. Now, even as a teenager he influenced people to accept Christ.

Austin understood rejection, injustice and suffering. The police frog-marched him from his family home and his belongings were strewn across the road. Yet Austin determined that no persecution would prevent him being faithful, not from taking a stand for his God, for His Truth and for the Adventist Message.

A gripping story about a man upon whom God put His hand and, like Joseph, was prepared for a special role. Through a life of drama, adventure and conflict, Austin testified of God’s providence and leading.

CONTENTS

Editor's Notes

Foreword

Introduction

In the Beginning

The Early Years

Struggles

The Bit Between My Teeth

And Bolting With It

Ambushed by God

Contagious Convictions

Leaves of Autumn

Across the Ditch

Bound for South Australia

Across the Nullarbor

Where the Crows Fly Backwards

Place of Many Crows

Streamers on the Dock

One Jump Ahead of the Police

The National Capital

Back Over the Nullarbor

Christchurch

Sydney and Melbourne

Beneath the Long White Cloud

Confrontation

Retirement

Life After Death

Troubles on Mt Tambourine

The Sunset Years

Cann River

Postscript

Appendices

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