Curtin Of Australia
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: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: slight lean to book; stained prelims
John Curtin, Australia's wartime Prime Minister and one of the nation's most revered leaders, is brought compellingly to life in Irene Dowsing's Curtin of Australia — a biography that chronicles the remarkable journey of a working-class boy from Creswick, Victoria, who rose to steer a nation through its most perilous hours during the Second World War. Set against the sweeping backdrop of early twentieth-century Australia, the book presents Curtin's political evolution from a passionate labour activist and anti-conscription campaigner to the decisive commander-in-chief who famously redirected Australian troops from the Middle East to defend the homeland against the looming threat of Japanese invasion. Dowsing writes with warm authority and deep admiration, illustrating the personal sacrifices, moral convictions, and iron resolve that defined Curtin's character both in public life and private struggle. With a preface by Dr. J. F. Cairns M.H.R., the book carries significant political gravitas and speaks to the enduring legacy of Labor idealism in Australian governance. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the man who, arguably more than any other, shaped modern Australia — and who died in office in 1945, just weeks before the war's end, leaving behind a question that still lingers: what more might he have achieved?
Author: Irene Dowsing
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Acacia Press Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Genre: Australian history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: slight lean to book; stained prelims
John Curtin, Australia's wartime Prime Minister and one of the nation's most revered leaders, is brought compellingly to life in Irene Dowsing's Curtin of Australia — a biography that chronicles the remarkable journey of a working-class boy from Creswick, Victoria, who rose to steer a nation through its most perilous hours during the Second World War. Set against the sweeping backdrop of early twentieth-century Australia, the book presents Curtin's political evolution from a passionate labour activist and anti-conscription campaigner to the decisive commander-in-chief who famously redirected Australian troops from the Middle East to defend the homeland against the looming threat of Japanese invasion. Dowsing writes with warm authority and deep admiration, illustrating the personal sacrifices, moral convictions, and iron resolve that defined Curtin's character both in public life and private struggle. With a preface by Dr. J. F. Cairns M.H.R., the book carries significant political gravitas and speaks to the enduring legacy of Labor idealism in Australian governance. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the man who, arguably more than any other, shaped modern Australia — and who died in office in 1945, just weeks before the war's end, leaving behind a question that still lingers: what more might he have achieved?