All That Swagger (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 6th reprint
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped, edges worn, in mylar. Binding: remains tight; faded and discoloured boards. light bumping on corners and spine.
Few novels capture the restless, pioneering spirit of Australia with such raw vitality as All That Swagger, a sweeping family saga set against the vast, unforgiving landscapes of the Australian bush. The story chronicles the life of Danny Delacy, an Irish immigrant of fierce ambition and irrepressible spirit, who carves a pastoral dynasty out of the wilderness of New South Wales in the nineteenth century. Following four generations of the Delacy family, the narrative traces the arc from frontier struggle to modern uncertainty, weaving together themes of love, land, loyalty, and the ever-shifting meaning of national identity. Miles Franklin, best known for lending her name to Australia's most prestigious literary prize, writes with an earthy lyricism and a sharp sociological eye, grounding grand historical sweep in the intimate textures of daily life. Her prose moves with the confidence of a writer who understands both the romance and the brutal reality of nation-building, drawing portraits of men and women defined by the land they fight to possess. Winner of the S.H. Prior Memorial Prize in 1936, All That Swagger stands as one of the landmark works of Australian literature — a novel that asks, with quiet but insistent force, what it truly costs to build something that lasts.
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1947, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 6th reprint
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: DJ: unclipped, edges worn, in mylar. Binding: remains tight; faded and discoloured boards. light bumping on corners and spine.
Few novels capture the restless, pioneering spirit of Australia with such raw vitality as All That Swagger, a sweeping family saga set against the vast, unforgiving landscapes of the Australian bush. The story chronicles the life of Danny Delacy, an Irish immigrant of fierce ambition and irrepressible spirit, who carves a pastoral dynasty out of the wilderness of New South Wales in the nineteenth century. Following four generations of the Delacy family, the narrative traces the arc from frontier struggle to modern uncertainty, weaving together themes of love, land, loyalty, and the ever-shifting meaning of national identity. Miles Franklin, best known for lending her name to Australia's most prestigious literary prize, writes with an earthy lyricism and a sharp sociological eye, grounding grand historical sweep in the intimate textures of daily life. Her prose moves with the confidence of a writer who understands both the romance and the brutal reality of nation-building, drawing portraits of men and women defined by the land they fight to possess. Winner of the S.H. Prior Memorial Prize in 1936, All That Swagger stands as one of the landmark works of Australian literature — a novel that asks, with quiet but insistent force, what it truly costs to build something that lasts.