Henry Lawson, An Illustrated Treasury

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Lansdown Press
Publisher Place: Syddney
Publisher Year: 1985
Edition: First Edition

Description: 112 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the inside page.

Publishers Description: A treasury of classic verse and short stories from one of Australia's most important and best loved writers, Henry Lawson. Includes 'The Loaded Dog', 'The Drover's Wife' and 'Up the Country' plus many more.Henry Lawson is one of Australia's most famous writers. He was born in 1867 in Grenfell in New South Wales and wrote many of his most important works about life in the Australian bush in the late-1800s.Known as the 'Poet of the People', Henry Lawson's writing captured the hardships and everyday lives of ordinary Australians in the time before Federation and after the gold rushes. Lawson's stories and poems are full of the drama and oftenabsurd humour that characterised life in the Australian outback in the early years of our nation.This beautifull illustrated collection captures the essence of Henry Lawson's best loved stories and poms, while also introducing readers to some of his lesser known works.

ISBN: 9780701819354