Banjo

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: ABC Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: Reprint

Description: 481 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The remarkable life of Australias greatest storyteller. A.B. Banjo Paterson is rightly recognised as Australias greatest storyteller and most celebrated poet, the boy from the bush who became the voice of a generation. He gave the nation its unofficial national anthem Waltzing Matilda and treasured ballads such as The Man from Snowy River and Clancy of the Overflow, vivid creations that helped to define Australias national identity. But there is more, much more to Banjos story, and in this landmark biography, award-winning writer Grantlee Kieza chronicles a rich and varied life, one that straddled two centuries and saw Australia transform from a far-flung colony to a fully fledged nation. Born in the bush, as a boy Banjo rode his pony to a one-room school along a trail frequented by outlaw Ben Hall. As a young man he befriended Breaker Morant, and covered the second Boer War as a reporter. He fudged his age to enlist during World War I, ultimately driving an ambulance before commanding a horse training unit during that conflict. Newspaper editor, columnist, foreign correspondent and ABC broadcaster, he knew countless luminaries of his time, including Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Haig and Henry Lawson. The tennis ace, notorious ladies man, brilliant jockey and celebrated polo player was an eye-witness to countless key moments in Australian history, and saw Carbine and Phar Lap race. Extensively researched and written with Kiezas trademark verve, Banjo is a lively and captivating portrait of this truly great Australian.

ISBN: 9780733335914