Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda.
Terry, Paul.
Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Buckinbah -- 2. A Bush Boyhood -- 3. Growing Up -- 4. A Horse Called Banjo -- 5. The Man from Snowy River -- 6. Twin Deities -- 7. Waltzing Matilda -- 8. Growing Pains -- 9. The Boer War -- 10. Rule .303 -- 11. World Travels -- 12. Newsman -- 13. Back to the Bush -- 14. The World at War -- 15. 'Methusalier' -- 16. After the War -- 17. The Writer Reflects -- Epilogue -- Selected References -- Acknowledgements.
A timely re-examination of the life of Australia's best-loved poet and storyteller - the man whose works captured the essence of the Australian spirit.
9781743438176
Paterson, A. B.-(Andrew Barton),-1864-1941.
Waltzing Matilda (Song).
Poets, Australian-Biography.
Australia-Social conditions-1851-1891.
Electronic books.
PR9619.3.P28 .Z885 2014
821/.912
Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Buckinbah -- 2. A Bush Boyhood -- 3. Growing Up -- 4. A Horse Called Banjo -- 5. The Man from Snowy River -- 6. Twin Deities -- 7. Waltzing Matilda -- 8. Growing Pains -- 9. The Boer War -- 10. Rule .303 -- 11. World Travels -- 12. Newsman -- 13. Back to the Bush -- 14. The World at War -- 15. 'Methusalier' -- 16. After the War -- 17. The Writer Reflects -- Epilogue -- Selected References -- Acknowledgements.
A timely re-examination of the life of Australia's best-loved poet and storyteller - the man whose works captured the essence of the Australian spirit.
9781743438176
Paterson, A. B.-(Andrew Barton),-1864-1941.
Waltzing Matilda (Song).
Poets, Australian-Biography.
Australia-Social conditions-1851-1891.
Electronic books.
PR9619.3.P28 .Z885 2014
821/.912