Red Letter Days: Notes From Inside An Era
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 , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A vivid work of political and cultural memoir, Red Letter Days: Notes From Inside An Era chronicles Jack Beasley's firsthand experience at the heart of Australia's mid-twentieth-century left-wing intellectual and labor movements. Beasley draws on decades of personal involvement to present an intimate portrait of the ideological battles, literary debates, and social upheavals that defined a transformative period in Australian history. Written with the candor and conviction of a committed participant rather than a detached observer, the narrative illuminates the lives of writers, unionists, and activists who shaped progressive thought during some of the country's most turbulent decades. Rich in anecdote and grounded in lived experience, the work stands as an invaluable document for readers interested in Australian labor history, radical politics, and the cultural life of the left.
Author: Jack Beasley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Australasian Book Society
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A vivid work of political and cultural memoir, Red Letter Days: Notes From Inside An Era chronicles Jack Beasley's firsthand experience at the heart of Australia's mid-twentieth-century left-wing intellectual and labor movements. Beasley draws on decades of personal involvement to present an intimate portrait of the ideological battles, literary debates, and social upheavals that defined a transformative period in Australian history. Written with the candor and conviction of a committed participant rather than a detached observer, the narrative illuminates the lives of writers, unionists, and activists who shaped progressive thought during some of the country's most turbulent decades. Rich in anecdote and grounded in lived experience, the work stands as an invaluable document for readers interested in Australian labor history, radical politics, and the cultural life of the left.