On Our Selection And Our New Selection

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Times House
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1987
Edition: Reprint

Description: 196 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: • Two of Australian writer Steele Rudds bestsellers are in this Kindle On Our Selection & Our New SelectionOn Our Selection (1899) - A Readers Digest "Worlds Best Reading" Book ChoiceA series of stories featuring the characters Dad and Dave Rudd, written by Steele Rudd (the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis). The stories have also been the basis of a play and several films. The movie became one of the most popular Australian films in history. The book originated when Davis sent a local publication his sketch "Starting The Selection" which was based on his fathers experience. Davis continued writing the series of sketches reconstructing the experiences of the Rudd family.Our New Selection (1903)More family tales from the author, first published in 1903, the same year Davis retired from public service.About The AuthorAustralian author Arthur Hoey Davis (18681935) was the son of a blacksmith born in Drayton near Toowoomba, Queensland. He wrote under the pen name Steele Rudd and based the first chapter of "On Our Selection" on his fathers experiences. He sent it to The Bulletin for publication in 1895 and after encouragement he wrote more sketches until his first book was published four years later. Our New Selection appeared in 1903, in the same year Davis, who had reached the position of under-sheriff, retired from public life.

ISBN: 0858357119