{"product_id":"2026200015706-secondhand-hearts-of-gold","title":"Hearts Of Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nOgilvie'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203255673051,"sku":"2026200015706-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2600f150-ac3f-4199-a0ff-cc4ca65c2a09.png?v=1788146556","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015706-secondhand-hearts-of-gold","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}