Along The Western Road: Bush Stories And Ballads
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sunburnt plains of the Australian bush comes Along the Western Road: Bush Stories and Ballads, a rich anthology of verse and prose that captures the grit, spirit, and soul of the colonial frontier. The collection weaves together tales of drovers, swagmen, and wanderers, painting a vivid portrait of life along the dusty outback tracks that once defined the Australian experience — raw, humorous, sorrowful, and deeply human in equal measure. Illustrated with evocative line drawings by Percy Lindsay — one of Australia's most celebrated early twentieth-century artists and a key figure in the legendary Lindsay artistic dynasty — the work bridges the literary and visual traditions of the bush. Lindsay's illustrations do not merely accompany the text; they animate it, lending each story and ballad a cinematic immediacy that transports the reader directly onto the red-dirt roads of the interior. Published by the esteemed Angus and Robertson, this anthology stands as a testament to the enduring power of Australian bush literature, raising the inevitable question: how much of a nation's identity is forged not in its cities, but along its loneliest roads?
Author: Percy Lindsay
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the sunburnt plains of the Australian bush comes Along the Western Road: Bush Stories and Ballads, a rich anthology of verse and prose that captures the grit, spirit, and soul of the colonial frontier. The collection weaves together tales of drovers, swagmen, and wanderers, painting a vivid portrait of life along the dusty outback tracks that once defined the Australian experience — raw, humorous, sorrowful, and deeply human in equal measure. Illustrated with evocative line drawings by Percy Lindsay — one of Australia's most celebrated early twentieth-century artists and a key figure in the legendary Lindsay artistic dynasty — the work bridges the literary and visual traditions of the bush. Lindsay's illustrations do not merely accompany the text; they animate it, lending each story and ballad a cinematic immediacy that transports the reader directly onto the red-dirt roads of the interior. Published by the esteemed Angus and Robertson, this anthology stands as a testament to the enduring power of Australian bush literature, raising the inevitable question: how much of a nation's identity is forged not in its cities, but along its loneliest roads?