Henry Lawson. An Illustrated Treasury

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Lansdowne
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: Reprint

Description: 112 pages. Book is 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 Australias most important and best loved writers, Henry Lawson. Includes The Loaded Dog, The Drovers Wife and Up the Country plus many more.Henry Lawson is one of Australias 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 Lawsons writing captured the hardships and everyday lives of ordinary Australians in the time before Federation and after the gold rushes. Lawsons 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 Lawsons best loved stories and poms, while also introducing readers to some of his lesser known works.

ISBN: 9781863025706