{"product_id":"2026200010087-secondhand-mucking-about-an-autobiography","title":"Mucking About: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: 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.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nWritten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130624975067,"sku":"2026200010087-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5006c5b2-cc3d-4e8a-a041-1fa862a8a6c3.png?v=1786587803","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010087-secondhand-mucking-about-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}