| The Man from Snowy River Contributor(s): Paterson, A. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798699251599 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Australian & Oceanian |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.37 lbs) 108 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is not so easy to write ballads descriptive of the bushland of Australia as on light consideration would appear. Reasonably good verse on the subject has been supplied in sufficient quantity. But the maker of folksongs for our newborn nation requires a somewhat rare combination of gifts and experiences. Dowered with the poet's heart, he must yet have passed his 'wander-jaehre' amid the stern solitude of the Austral waste - must have ridden the race in the back-block township, guided the reckless stock-horse adown the mountain spur, and followed the night-long moving, spectral-seeming herd 'in the droving days'. Amid such scarce congenial surroundings comes oft that finer sense which renders visible bright gleams of humour, pathos, and romance, which, like undiscovered gold, await the fortunate adventurer. That the author has touched this treasure-trove, not less delicately than distinctly, no true Australian will deny. - Taken from "The Man from Snowy River" written by A. B. Paterson |