{"product_id":"2026200015795-secondhand-bill-wannans-folklore-of-the-australian-pub","title":"Bill Wannan's Folklore Of The Australian Pub","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nWannan, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203249053915,"sku":"2026200015795-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/18d4fb32-9acd-4150-90fa-add86b1e5cda.png?v=1788146386","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015795-secondhand-bill-wannans-folklore-of-the-australian-pub","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}