Books by "Banjo Paterson"
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Banjo Paterson lived in the city for most of his life, yet he became wildly famous in the colonies for the poems and stories he wrote about life in the Australian outback. The stories he created about the lives and struggles of bushmen, shearers and drovers in rural farm country struck a chord with Australians.In these seven specially selected short stories you will be able to know and appreciate the universe of this important Australian author.The CatThe DogHis MasterpieceThe Merino SheepConcerning a Steeplechase RiderThree Elephant PowerThe Amateur Gardener
A beautiful new edition of the complete poems of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson When a young man submitted a set of verses to the BULLEtIN in 1889 under the pseudonym 'the Banjo', it was the beginning of an enduring tradition. today Banjo Paterson is still one of Australia's best-loved poets.this complete collection of his verse shows the bush balladeer at his very best with favourites such as 'A Bush Christening', 'the Man from Ironbark', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and the immortal 'the Man from Snowy River'. these well-known verses are joined here by his comic verse, his remarkable war poems, including 'We're All Australians Now', and lesser known works.