Gordon McLeish / Books
Gordon McLeish & Tommy McKenzie

A lifetime of stories.
Seven books to explore.

Family, faraway places and the people who stay with us. Browse the collection and ask Gordon for a personal reading copy.

The collected stories
Gordon McLeish and Tommy McKenzie’s books displayed on a navy and gold bookshelf
Seven finished books, with Are You My Husband? still being written.

The book collection

Reading copies by personal approval
Built on the Clyde book cover

Built on the Clyde

Tommy McKenzie

A life story beginning on the Clyde and reaching across the world to Australia.

pdf · 188 print pages
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Tommy McKenzie’s Journey book cover

Tommy McKenzie’s Journey

Tommy McKenzie

Family, life and the places along the way. The continuing story of Tommy McKenzie.

pdf · 141 print pages
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Trust Me, I’m a Salesman book cover

Trust Me, I’m a Salesman

Tommy McKenzie

From the brewery boy to a life in sales: the people, chances and lessons along the road.

pdf + epub · 98 print pages
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The Sunlit Door book cover

The Sunlit Door

Tommy McKenzie

The Butenko family story: Ukraine, war, displacement and a new life in Australia.

pdf · 130 print pages
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Dad, I Think We’re Irish book cover

Dad, I Think We’re Irish

Gordon McLeish

A family mystery across Ireland, Scotland, Canada, America and Australia.

pdf + epub · 146 print pages
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Bound in Chains, Sentenced to Hope book cover

Bound in Chains, Sentenced to Hope

Gordon McLeish

Family history drawn from surviving records, bringing the convict stories into the light.

pdf + epub · 178 print pages
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The Men Who Made Tommy book cover

The Men Who Made Tommy

Tommy McKenzie

The men and generations whose stories came before Tommy’s own.

pdf + epub · 159 print pages
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