| Description |
342 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
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Paperback |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 Paradise 1 -- 2 Birds and Fish 15 -- 3 On the Trail of Ptilorus magnificus 30 -- 4 A Bittern by the Dam 47 -- 5 Dingo 56 -- 6 A Wedding Cake 68 -- 7 Hallstrom's Wall 80 -- 8 Where the Bees Make Royal Jelly 87 -- 9 The Straight Mile 98 -- 10 Teen Angel 105 -- 11 The Strangest Animals in the World 114 -- 12 Texas, Queensland 127 -- 13 Stolen Goods 137 -- 14 A Searchlight Opera 151 -- 15 Never Go Back 166 -- 16 A Pig Farmer's Son 176 -- 17 Back at the Nest 188 -- 18 Carol 198 -- 19 A Bullet from the Bac of a Bush 211 -- 20 Sappho at Maitland, 220 -- 21 Hell Bent 240 -- 22 A Knock at the Door 257 -- 23 The New Season 280 -- 24 Champagne and Oysters 306 -- -- -- Jerusalem Bay 336 -- Canticles on the Skin 339 -- Acknowledgments 341 |
| Summary |
Robert Adamson, one of Australia's greatest poets, tells his extraordinary story. After an enthralled childhood on the Hawkesbury River, he drifted into petty crime and theft, into boys' homes and prison, into impossible love. An inspirational story of personal redemption through the power of words |
| Notes |
2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best non-fiction book, short list |
| Subject |
Adamson, Robert.
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Adamson, Robert., 1943-
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Prisons -- Australia.
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Autobiography.
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Poets, Australian -- Biography.
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Poets, Australian.
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Ex-convicts -- Australia -- Biography.
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Poets, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biography.
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Biography
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Autobiographies.
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| LC no. |
2004426607 |
| ISBN |
9781877008955 (hardback) |
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