Hearts Of Gold
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and dusty stockyards of the Australian bush comes Hearts of Gold, a celebrated collection of verse by one of the great pastoral poets of the Southern Hemisphere. Will H. Ogilvie, a Scottish-born poet who spent formative years droving and working the outback, chronicles the rugged life of stockmen, shearers, and the untamed wilderness of colonial Australia with a vividness that transports the reader directly into the saddle. Each poem pulses with the rhythm of hoofbeats and the crack of a stockwhip, presenting an Australia of raw beauty, hard labour, and fierce camaraderie that defined an era. Ogilvie's verse stands as a vital pillar of the Australian bush poetry tradition, drawing inevitable comparisons to Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet distinguished by a lyrical tenderness and an immigrant's wonder at a vast, ancient land. His work argues powerfully that the true heart of a nation is forged not in its cities but in the sweat and silence of its frontier. Hearts of Gold remains an enduring testament to a way of life that is at once distinctly Australian and universally human — leaving the reader to wonder what other treasures lie hidden in the red dust of the outback.
Author: Will H. Ogilvie
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sun-scorched plains and dusty stockyards of the Australian bush comes Hearts of Gold, a celebrated collection of verse by one of the great pastoral poets of the Southern Hemisphere. Will H. Ogilvie, a Scottish-born poet who spent formative years droving and working the outback, chronicles the rugged life of stockmen, shearers, and the untamed wilderness of colonial Australia with a vividness that transports the reader directly into the saddle. Each poem pulses with the rhythm of hoofbeats and the crack of a stockwhip, presenting an Australia of raw beauty, hard labour, and fierce camaraderie that defined an era. Ogilvie's verse stands as a vital pillar of the Australian bush poetry tradition, drawing inevitable comparisons to Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, yet distinguished by a lyrical tenderness and an immigrant's wonder at a vast, ancient land. His work argues powerfully that the true heart of a nation is forged not in its cities but in the sweat and silence of its frontier. Hearts of Gold remains an enduring testament to a way of life that is at once distinctly Australian and universally human — leaving the reader to wonder what other treasures lie hidden in the red dust of the outback.