{"id":34,"date":"2025-01-07T01:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T01:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T00:07:05","slug":"an-ocean-away","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"/index.php\/an-ocean-away\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ocean Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterjamesclarke.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Peter Clarke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"198\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/an-ocean-150x198-1.webp\" alt=\"An Ocean Away\" class=\"wp-image-13\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill popmake-46\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"background-color:#0a6e12\">Buy Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>William&#8217;s father decides his son must leave the village in country Ireland to break the poverty cycle, and puts the sixteen year old on a cart for Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Swept along by fate and determination, William leaves his new-found love behind and uses his wits in Belfast to obtain work. Befriended, ignored and used, William sails between Ireland and England. On the way, he hears about gold for the taking in Australia. Eventually, he finds his way onto a steam sailing ship bound for Australia, deciding he will follow the gold rush.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The ship is huge and intimidating, but William must make the best of it if he&#8217;s to get to Australia. Once again, not everyone is his friend. Threatened onboard by bullies and the elements during the voyage, his courage and patience are tested as he heads to the unknown new colony of Australia, and a new life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Never easy, sometimes funny, and often dangerous, William&#8217;s adventures show how one determined man can change his future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read some excerpts fron An Ocean Away:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/index.php\/an-ocean-away-chapter-1-the-beginning\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Chapter 1. The Beginning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/index.php\/an-ocean-away-chapter-8-liverpool\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Chapter 8. Liverpool.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/index.php\/an-ocean-away-chapter-32-trouble-in-the-boiler-room\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Chapter 32. Trouble in the Boiler Room.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Peter Clarke William&#8217;s father decides his son must leave the village in country Ireland to break the poverty cycle, and puts the sixteen year old on a cart for Belfast. Swept along by fate and determination, William leaves his new-found love behind and uses his wits in Belfast to obtain work. Befriended, ignored and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}