On the Track by Henry Lawson
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"On the Track" by Henry Lawson is a collection of short stories published in 1900. This volume gathers nineteen tales of Australian bush life, featuring colorful characters like swagmen, bushmen, and the memorable "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster." Lawson's sketches capture the raw, unvarnished reality of the outback, depicting the struggles and encounters of ordinary people navigating the harsh Australian landscape. The collection showcases both Lawson's celebrated descriptive power and his unflinching focus
on the grittier aspects of frontier existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922 |
|---|---|
| Title | On the Track |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Track_(short_story_collection) |
| Contents | The songs they used to sing -- A vision of Sandy Blight -- Andy Page's rival -- The iron-bark chip -- "Middleton's Peter" -- The mystery of Dave Regan -- Mitchell on matrimony -- Mitchell on women -- No place for a woman -- Mitchell's jobs -- Bill, the ventriloquial rooster -- Bush cats -- Meeting old mates -- Two Larrikins -- Mr. Smellingscheck -- "A rough shed" -- Payable gold -- An oversight of Steelman's -- How Steelman told his story. |
| Credits | Produced by Alan R. Light, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Australia -- Fiction |
| Subject | Short stories, Australian |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1231 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01231-5 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 313 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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