Brazilian Saddle Sores

Introduction

As a young Englishman barely out of my teens I joined the British meat giant Vestey and found myself bound for Brazil aboard one of the company’s own ships. It was the winter of 1956. I was soon part of an amazing adventure that took me into the very interior of Brazil and immersed me in its life and culture. The boy quickly became a man in a man’s world. Recently I had the privilege of going back to two of the farms I worked on in the fifties. This book records the memories of life on a Brazilian fazenda. The time I spent in Brazil was an exciting period of my life and the beginning of what has turned out to be a very full and rewarding stay on Planet Earth.

Foreword by Lord Vestey

Bruce Vaughan’s book about life on our Brazilian Farms shows a fascinating insight into life there in the 1950’s.

It brought back many happy memories for me, as it will to the many people who worked there then. For those who did not know Brazil then, it is an interesting history of a bygone day. The farms are still there, but very different.

Fifty years on, life is much easier on the farms, but just as challenging. I am sure you will enjoy “Brazilian Saddle Sores” as much as I did.

Lord Vestey, Third Baron of Stowell Park

`I was enraptured by the excitement, the humour and the pathos of this fascinating book.  I absolutely feel as though I've been to Brazil.'

 Aileen Bridgewater MBE Author and Broadcaster.

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