{"product_id":"2026200015265-secondhand-crooked-mick-of-the-speewah-and-other-tall-tales","title":"Crooked Mick Of The Speewah: And Other Tall Tales","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: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nWannan'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203204227291,"sku":"2026200015265-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c946f431-c454-486d-b95f-9ce9d9d7bdd4.png?v=1788145651","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015265-secondhand-crooked-mick-of-the-speewah-and-other-tall-tales","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}