Fair Girls And Gray Horses
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: Good
From the sun-baked plains of the Australian outback to the rolling highlands of his native Scotland, Will Ogilvie's Fair Girls and Gray Horses is a collection of ballads and verse that captures the untamed romance of frontier life with vivid, lyrical precision. Drawing on his years as a drover and jackaroo in Australia, Ogilvie chronicles the rugged beauty of open country, the bond between man and horse, and the tender connections forged between men and women under vast, unforgiving skies. Ogilvie's poetry sits proudly in the tradition of bush balladry pioneered by contemporaries such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet carries a distinctly personal warmth and musicality that sets it apart. His verses move with the rhythm of hoofbeats and campfire conversation, weaving nostalgia, adventure, and longing into lines of enduring charm. For readers who have ever felt the pull of wide-open spaces and the quiet ache of a life lived close to the land, this collection poses an irresistible question: what is it that truly calls a man home?
Author: Will Ogilvie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the sun-baked plains of the Australian outback to the rolling highlands of his native Scotland, Will Ogilvie's Fair Girls and Gray Horses is a collection of ballads and verse that captures the untamed romance of frontier life with vivid, lyrical precision. Drawing on his years as a drover and jackaroo in Australia, Ogilvie chronicles the rugged beauty of open country, the bond between man and horse, and the tender connections forged between men and women under vast, unforgiving skies. Ogilvie's poetry sits proudly in the tradition of bush balladry pioneered by contemporaries such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet carries a distinctly personal warmth and musicality that sets it apart. His verses move with the rhythm of hoofbeats and campfire conversation, weaving nostalgia, adventure, and longing into lines of enduring charm. For readers who have ever felt the pull of wide-open spaces and the quiet ache of a life lived close to the land, this collection poses an irresistible question: what is it that truly calls a man home?