Deeds Not Words
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Published in Melbourne in 1971, Deeds Not Words by Wilson P. Evans stands as a significant contribution to Australian historical literature, chronicling the lives, struggles, and achievements of individuals whose actions spoke louder than rhetoric. Drawing on meticulous research rooted in the Australian experience, the work presents a compelling portrait of a nation shaped not by grand proclamations but by the quiet, determined efforts of those who built it from the ground up — pioneers, administrators, and community figures whose legacies endure in the fabric of modern Australia. Evans writes with a commanding authority and a measured, scholarly tone that rewards careful reading, situating his subjects within the broader currents of Australian social and political history. The title itself — a rallying phrase long associated with purpose-driven action — sets the thematic register for a narrative that consistently privileges evidence and consequence over sentiment. For readers drawn to the deeper story of how Australia came to be the nation it is today, Deeds Not Words raises a provocative question: whose deeds, and at what cost?
Author: Wilson P. Evans
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, The Hawthorn Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Published in Melbourne in 1971, Deeds Not Words by Wilson P. Evans stands as a significant contribution to Australian historical literature, chronicling the lives, struggles, and achievements of individuals whose actions spoke louder than rhetoric. Drawing on meticulous research rooted in the Australian experience, the work presents a compelling portrait of a nation shaped not by grand proclamations but by the quiet, determined efforts of those who built it from the ground up — pioneers, administrators, and community figures whose legacies endure in the fabric of modern Australia. Evans writes with a commanding authority and a measured, scholarly tone that rewards careful reading, situating his subjects within the broader currents of Australian social and political history. The title itself — a rallying phrase long associated with purpose-driven action — sets the thematic register for a narrative that consistently privileges evidence and consequence over sentiment. For readers drawn to the deeper story of how Australia came to be the nation it is today, Deeds Not Words raises a provocative question: whose deeds, and at what cost?