Crooked Mick Of The Speewah: And Other Tall Tales
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the sun-scorched plains of the mythical Speewah station comes one of Australia's most celebrated folk heroes — Crooked Mick, a man of such towering strength and impossible feats that only the wildest of tall tales could contain him. Bill Wannan, one of Australia's foremost chroniclers of bush folklore, presents a rousing collection of yarns that captures the larrikin spirit, dry wit, and boundless imagination of the Australian outback tradition. Each tale unfolds with the cadence of a campfire story, steeped in the vernacular of drovers, shearers, and sundowners who spun legend out of hardship and humour. Wannan's work stands as a vital document of Australian cultural identity, preserving an oral tradition that might otherwise have been lost to the dust of the outback. The collection illustrates how a nation forges its mythology — not from kings and conquests, but from tall tales of ordinary men doing the extraordinary. Richly illustrated by Gareth Jones-Roberts, this volume is both a rollicking good read and a window into the folklore soul of a nation; one that will leave you wondering just how much of the legend of Crooked Mick might, in fact, be true.
Author: Bill Wannan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the sun-scorched plains of the mythical Speewah station comes one of Australia's most celebrated folk heroes — Crooked Mick, a man of such towering strength and impossible feats that only the wildest of tall tales could contain him. Bill Wannan, one of Australia's foremost chroniclers of bush folklore, presents a rousing collection of yarns that captures the larrikin spirit, dry wit, and boundless imagination of the Australian outback tradition. Each tale unfolds with the cadence of a campfire story, steeped in the vernacular of drovers, shearers, and sundowners who spun legend out of hardship and humour. Wannan's work stands as a vital document of Australian cultural identity, preserving an oral tradition that might otherwise have been lost to the dust of the outback. The collection illustrates how a nation forges its mythology — not from kings and conquests, but from tall tales of ordinary men doing the extraordinary. Richly illustrated by Gareth Jones-Roberts, this volume is both a rollicking good read and a window into the folklore soul of a nation; one that will leave you wondering just how much of the legend of Crooked Mick might, in fact, be true.