{"product_id":"2026100008717-secondhand-alan-marshalls-battlers","title":"Alan Marshall's Battlers","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the red dirt roads of the Australian bush to the cramped lanes of working-class Melbourne, Alan Marshall's Battlers is a richly curated anthology that brings together the finest writing of one of Australia's most beloved and enduring literary voices. Compiled with care and devotion by Gwen Hardisty, this collection presents Marshall's most celebrated stories, sketches, and portraits — a panoramic tribute to the ordinary Australians he championed throughout his life: the itinerant workers, the disabled, the forgotten, and the fiercely proud.\n\nMarshall's prose is deceptively simple, carrying beneath its plain-spoken surface a profound humanity and an unwavering empathy for the underdog. His battlers are not defined by defeat but by their indomitable spirit in the face of hardship — a quality that made Marshall himself, crippled by polio as a child, one of the most authentic voices of the Australian experience. This anthology stands as both a literary landmark and a social document, capturing a vanishing world with warmth, wit, and quiet moral courage. For those yet to encounter Marshall's work, this collection is the perfect — and irresistible — introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342765367515,"sku":"2026100008717-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a462f8d3-deb9-43af-bb52-9680e643415f.png?v=1790048787","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008717-secondhand-alan-marshalls-battlers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}