{"product_id":"2026200011730-secondhand-australians-nine-profiles","title":"Australians: Nine Profiles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vivid window into the lives of nine remarkable Australians, John Hetherington's Australians: Nine Profiles presents a masterfully curated collection of biographical portraits that captures the breadth and complexity of Australian public life in the mid-twentieth century. The subjects — Alan Marshall, George Vasey, Phillip Law, Keith Murdoch, Peter Russo, Chester Wilmot, Damien Parer, Harry Hopman, and Hugh D. McIntosh — span the worlds of literature, military leadership, polar exploration, journalism, sport, and the arts, each rendered with the precision and empathy of a seasoned observer.\n\nHetherington, himself a distinguished Australian journalist and biographer, brings a reporter's eye and a historian's rigour to each portrait, illuminating not just individual achievement but the broader cultural forces that shaped a generation of Australians. His prose is measured yet compelling, drawing readers into intimate encounters with figures whose legacies continue to resonate. Whether chronicling the quiet heroism of a wartime cameraman or the steely ambition of a media patriarch, Australians: Nine Profiles raises a fundamental question: what does it truly mean to be Australian?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130865918171,"sku":"2026200011730-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/21f67dbe-06d5-4f2e-9715-c9819211e277.png?v=1786591473","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011730-secondhand-australians-nine-profiles","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}