The Turbulent Years: The Autobiography Of J. T. Lang
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: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in Australian political history ignite as much passion and controversy as Jack Thomas Lang — The Big Fella — whose autobiography, The Turbulent Years, stands as a riveting first-hand account of one of the most dramatic careers in the nation's story. As the two-time Premier of New South Wales during the desperate years of the Great Depression, Lang chronicles his fierce battles against banks, the federal government, and the conservative establishment, culminating in his sensational dismissal by Governor Philip Game in 1932 — an act that sent shockwaves through Australia's constitutional order. Written with the combative conviction of a man who never backed down from a fight, The Turbulent Years presents an unfiltered window into the Labor movement, the brutal realities of economic crisis, and the raw machinery of Australian democracy under pressure. Lang's prose is blunt and pugnacious, mirroring the man himself — a political titan who inspired fierce loyalty and bitter enmity in equal measure. For readers of Australian history and political biography, this memoir raises questions about power, principle, and popular democracy that remain as urgent and unsettling today as they were in Lang's own turbulent era.
Author: J. T. Lang
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in Australian political history ignite as much passion and controversy as Jack Thomas Lang — The Big Fella — whose autobiography, The Turbulent Years, stands as a riveting first-hand account of one of the most dramatic careers in the nation's story. As the two-time Premier of New South Wales during the desperate years of the Great Depression, Lang chronicles his fierce battles against banks, the federal government, and the conservative establishment, culminating in his sensational dismissal by Governor Philip Game in 1932 — an act that sent shockwaves through Australia's constitutional order. Written with the combative conviction of a man who never backed down from a fight, The Turbulent Years presents an unfiltered window into the Labor movement, the brutal realities of economic crisis, and the raw machinery of Australian democracy under pressure. Lang's prose is blunt and pugnacious, mirroring the man himself — a political titan who inspired fierce loyalty and bitter enmity in equal measure. For readers of Australian history and political biography, this memoir raises questions about power, principle, and popular democracy that remain as urgent and unsettling today as they were in Lang's own turbulent era.