Bradman |
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| Author:
| Williams, Charles |
| ISBN: | 978-0-349-11475-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Bradman is a masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman and Australia's greatest hero. Uniquely among biographers of Don Bradman, Charles Williams sets his subject's cricketing achievements within the context of a crucial period in the history of modern Australia, a time when, as the country felt her way towards something that the world would recognize as "nationhood," Bradman became a focus for national aspirations and a figure of unique status. Williams' story...
More Description Bradman is a masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman and Australia's greatest hero. Uniquely among biographers of Don Bradman, Charles Williams sets his subject's cricketing achievements within the context of a crucial period in the history of modern Australia, a time when, as the country felt her way towards something that the world would recognize as "nationhood," Bradman became a focus for national aspirations and a figure of unique status. Williams' story is as much about Australia as it is a great Australian.