Description
SECOND HAND BOOK – EX LIBRARY
Over a quarter of a million copies of John O’Brien’s earlier collection of verse, Around the Boree Log, have been published – eloquent proof of the popularity of his writings. For their appeal is directly to the heart: they celebrate the affections of hearth and home, the comradeship, humour, and unaffected piety of life in the bush.
This second collection, unavailable for some time, will undoubtedly prove as popular as its predecessor, and with its wider appeal may reach an even larger public. Around the Boree Log celebrated the bush church, the bush folk, the humpy, and the horse-drawn vehicle. These still provide the themes for many of the later poems, but other poems, by contrast, belong to the mechanized world of motorbikes, cars, and workshops. John O’Brien speaks with understanding both to the old-timer and to the modern youth, for, while his lively and discerning glance takes in the passing show, his heart is with the simple and abiding things that are the same in every generation.
Specifications:
Condition: Fair – ex library, spine has library stickers and end pages have library labels and stamps.
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
Year: 1954
Format: Hardback
Pages: 122pp
ISBN-10: 0207141312
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