Product Description

More than 50 years after the death of AB 'Banjo' Paterson, Australians still find much to wonder at and admire within his poetry. Here we see the bush balladeer at his very best-favourites such as 'A Bush Christening', 'The Man from Ironbark', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and the immortal 'The Man from Snowy River' are included alongside lesser known works.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1346803 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 467 pages

About the Author
B 'Banjo' Paterson was born at Narrambla, NSW in 1864. He was educated in Sydney and practised law until 1900, when he found success as a writer, contributing ballads to the Sydney BULLETIN. He worked as a correspondent for the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD for a time, then sold his poetry rights and bought a property near the upper Murrumbidgee River. He went to Europe during WWI, working as a war correspondent. After the war he remained in journalism, continuing to write poetry as well. Among his best known collections are THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, RIO GRANDE'S LAST RACE AND OTHER VERSES, THE ANIMALS NOAH FORGOT and a work of fiction, THE SHEARER'S COLT. He died in 1941.