The Best Australian Bush Stories.
Stories that take us from the Mallee to the back of Bourke and beyond . an indispensable collection about the enduring appeal of the Australian bush.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney :
Allen & Unwin,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: DELIGHTS OF THE BUSH; 'MALLEE MORNING'; THE KILLER KOALA; THE DELIGHTS OF THE BUSH; THE TALLAGANDRA TURKEY; THE HOTEL IN MARYBOROUGH; DOWN AMONG THE WOMBATS; THE DRUNKEN KANGAROO; 'THE DROVER'S LAMENT'; PART 2: BUSH JUSTICE; 'THE SIX-STITCHER'; BUSH JUSTICE; THE IRONBARK CHIP; HERE COMES THE BRIDE; HIS BAD LUCK; SHOOTING STARS; MARKS'S CUTTER; 'A WALGETT EPISODE'; PART 3: DAVE IN LOVE; 'TO MANY LADIES'; THE WRONG TURNING; SPICER'S COURTSHIP; DAVE IN LOVE; POOR JOE.
- STRAWBERRY: A LOVE STORYA BOX OF DEAD ROSES; DRIFTED BACK; 'THE FREE-SELECTOR'S DAUGHTER'; PART 4: THERE'S A PATRON SAINT OF DRUNKS; 'DRUNKS'; SNAKES AND ALCOHOL; THERE'S A PATRON SAINT OF DRUNKS; THE EVENIN' BEFORE LEAVIN' HOME; THE SIX O'CLOCK SWELLS; WHERE THE COOLER BARS GROW; ONE HUNDRED STUBBIES; 'THE ALCOHOLICS' CREED'; PART 5: TO THE CITY; 'SIMPLE SISTER GOES TO SYDNEY'; THE WAYBACKS GO TO SYDNEY; A ZACK TO CENTRAL; THE DOWNFALL OF MULLIGAN'S; TO THE CITY; MINER'S HOLIDAY; 'WESTWARD HO!'; PART 6: BENEFIT OF CLERGY; 'GOD AND POETS'; I USED TO READ THE COMICS FIRST.
- THE REIGN OF EUGENE HAMBENEFIT OF CLERGY; A SABBATH MORN AT WADDY; BILL'S RELIGION; EVERYONE LIKED FATHER CONNOLLY; FIRST CONFESSION; THE PARSON'S BLACKBOY; 'THE PARSON AND THE PRELATE'; PART 7: THE CONQUERING BUSH; 'SPINIFEX'; THE FIRST BUSH FIRE; THE DROVER'S WIFE; MALLEE; AN ERROR IN ADMINISTRATION; THE FEUD; THE CONQUERING BUSH; RATS; 'THE WIND THAT BURIES THE DEAD'; PART 8: THE NIGHT WE WATCHED FOR WALLABIES; 'PICKING LEMONS'; THE NIGHT WE WATCHED FOR WALLABIES; CRUTCHING THE RAMS; CONVERSATION IN A PANTRY; POSSUM GULLY; OLD HEINRICH AND THE LAMBING EWE; 'SUCCESS'
- PART 9: THE LOST SOULS' HOTEL'AFTER MANY YEARS'; 'BRING YOUR FIDDLE, JOE'; GOING BLIND; A LETTER FROM COLLEEN; THE HAGNEY AFFAIR; THE LOST SOULS' HOTEL; 'QUESTION NOT'