Bill Wannan's Folklore Of The Australian Pub
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few institutions have shaped the Australian national identity quite like the pub — and no one captures its rowdy, irreverent, and deeply human spirit better than Bill Wannan. Bill Wannan's Folklore of the Australian Pub is a rich and rollicking chronicle of the legends, yarns, characters, and customs that have flourished within the four walls of the nation's most beloved social institution, drawing on a vast wealth of oral tradition, historical anecdote, and cultural lore to paint a vivid portrait of Australian life from the colonial era onwards. Wannan, one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, brings his trademark wit and encyclopaedic knowledge to bear on a subject that is simultaneously comic and deeply revealing, illustrating how the pub functioned not merely as a drinking establishment, but as a courthouse, a parliament, a theatre, and a confessional for generations of Australians. His prose is warm, authoritative, and laced with the dry humour that defines the bush tradition, presenting readers with a gallery of larrikins, publicans, and legendary drinkers whose stories illuminate the broader currents of Australian social history. For anyone curious about what really goes on — and what has always gone on — when Australians gather to raise a glass, this volume presents an answer that is as surprising as it is entertaining.
Author: Bill Wannan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few institutions have shaped the Australian national identity quite like the pub — and no one captures its rowdy, irreverent, and deeply human spirit better than Bill Wannan. Bill Wannan's Folklore of the Australian Pub is a rich and rollicking chronicle of the legends, yarns, characters, and customs that have flourished within the four walls of the nation's most beloved social institution, drawing on a vast wealth of oral tradition, historical anecdote, and cultural lore to paint a vivid portrait of Australian life from the colonial era onwards. Wannan, one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, brings his trademark wit and encyclopaedic knowledge to bear on a subject that is simultaneously comic and deeply revealing, illustrating how the pub functioned not merely as a drinking establishment, but as a courthouse, a parliament, a theatre, and a confessional for generations of Australians. His prose is warm, authoritative, and laced with the dry humour that defines the bush tradition, presenting readers with a gallery of larrikins, publicans, and legendary drinkers whose stories illuminate the broader currents of Australian social history. For anyone curious about what really goes on — and what has always gone on — when Australians gather to raise a glass, this volume presents an answer that is as surprising as it is entertaining.