"John O'Brien" and the Boree Log by Frank Mecham
"John O'Brien" and the Boree Log by Frank Mecham
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"John O'Brien" and the Boree Log
by Frank Mecham
Angus & Robertson, 1981 [First Edition], ISBN 0207147450, black and white photographs and illustrations, hardcover, dust-jacket
Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners ex-library with stamps to end-papers and half title page, tape residue to covers, end-papers beginning to separateĀ at spine, no inscriptions, dust-jacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing to edges (see photographs)
"Father Patrick Hartigan or, as he has been known by several generations of Australian poetry-lovers, "John O'Brien", was born at Yass in 1878, the fourth of nine children.Ā He studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Goulburn, under Dr John Gallagher, a classical scholar and later the Bishop of Goulburn.Ā Ā
In 1921 Around the Boree Log was published.Ā This collection of his poems was an instant success and it is now established as an Australian classic."
