Mucking About: An Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
From the corridors of political power to the sun-bleached landscape of Western Australia, Mucking About presents the life of one of Australia's most distinguished statesmen in his own words. Sir Paul Hasluck — historian, diplomat, politician, and Governor-General — chronicles his remarkable journey from his early years in Perth through a career that shaped the nation's post-war identity, offering an intimate and candid account of a life lived at the heart of Australian public life. Written with the measured intelligence and dry wit that defined Hasluck's public persona, this autobiography illustrates the depth of a man who was simultaneously a poet, a scholar of Aboriginal affairs, and a key architect of Australia's Cold War foreign policy. Hasluck's prose is precise and unadorned, carrying the authority of a man who witnessed history firsthand — and frequently made it. For readers of Australian political memoir, this account leaves one wondering how much of the nation's story remains untold between its lines.
Author: Paul Hasluck
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
From the corridors of political power to the sun-bleached landscape of Western Australia, Mucking About presents the life of one of Australia's most distinguished statesmen in his own words. Sir Paul Hasluck — historian, diplomat, politician, and Governor-General — chronicles his remarkable journey from his early years in Perth through a career that shaped the nation's post-war identity, offering an intimate and candid account of a life lived at the heart of Australian public life. Written with the measured intelligence and dry wit that defined Hasluck's public persona, this autobiography illustrates the depth of a man who was simultaneously a poet, a scholar of Aboriginal affairs, and a key architect of Australia's Cold War foreign policy. Hasluck's prose is precise and unadorned, carrying the authority of a man who witnessed history firsthand — and frequently made it. For readers of Australian political memoir, this account leaves one wondering how much of the nation's story remains untold between its lines.