Botany Bay True Tales of Early Australia |
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| Author:
| Lang, John |
| Series title: | Classic Australian Works |
| ISBN: | 978-1-920897-85-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Sydney University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Botany Bay contains Lang's most significant Australian work and was first published in 1853. It includes a number of short stories set in the early years of settlement. These are:The Ghost Upon the Rail The Master and His Man Giles! As I Live! Tracks in the Bush Captain Ketchcalfe Barrington Three Celebrities Baron Wald Sir Henry Hayes Kate Crawford Annie Saint Felix A Ramble with the Blacks Music A Terror John Lang (1816-1864) was born in Parramatta but studied Law in England...
More DescriptionBotany Bay contains Lang's most significant Australian work and was first published in 1853. It includes a number of short stories set in the early years of settlement. These are:The Ghost Upon the Rail The Master and His Man Giles! As I Live! Tracks in the Bush Captain Ketchcalfe Barrington Three Celebrities Baron Wald Sir Henry Hayes Kate Crawford Annie Saint Felix A Ramble with the Blacks Music A Terror John Lang (1816-1864) was born in Parramatta but studied Law in England 1837-1841 and from 1843 to 1845 practised as a lawyer in India. In India also he became editor of an English-language newspaper.From 1853 to 1859 Lang lived in England and Europe becoming a popular literary figure. He returned to India where he died in 1864.