{"product_id":"2026200018451-secondhand-along-the-western-road-bush-stories-and-ballads","title":"Along The Western Road: Bush Stories And Ballads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nIllustrated 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620320743643,"sku":"2026200018451-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/82d2eb0e-e174-42c7-96a1-f2db38393fa3.png?v=1791873211","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018451-secondhand-along-the-western-road-bush-stories-and-ballads","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}