Author: Roy Bush LaughterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mountain life
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Tales from the Bush
Author: Roy Bush LaughterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mountain life
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
BRITISH TALES OF THE BUSH: 5 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)
Author: E. W. HornungPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8075832833
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Australian outback had always fascinated the British colonial imagination when rags to riches stories of the British convicts and other social outcasts transformed the image of Australia as a gold digger's paradise (remember Abel Magwitch's story in Charles Dicken's Great Expectations?). This interaction which proved deadly for the aboriginal culture and population of Australia also impacted the British literature in a way that it had stories to tell of its incomprehensible wilderness and its inhabitants. This edition brings you an assorted collection of stories about the Australian outback and its people from the pen of a renowned British author – E. W. Hornung. Hornung had also lived and travelled in Australia for two years and unlike his contemporaries wrote a lot of stories with Australia in the background. E. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was an English author and poet and also brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung is known for writing the A. J. Raffles series about a gentleman thief based on a deliberate inversion of the Sherlock Holmes series. Hornung dedicated his creation as a form of flattery to Doyle. Hornung's works are also remembered for giving insight into the social mores of late 19th and early 20th century British society.
Bush Tails
Author: Tricia OktoberPublisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
ISBN: 9780340599457
Category : Children's poetry, Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated children's picture book describing in verse form the tails of various Australian animals. Includes notes on the plants and animals featured in the illustrations. Tricia Oktober is an award winning writer and illustrator for children.
The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales
Author: Ruth Ann MusickPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813128277
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.
Tales of the bush
Author: Bush Tails Book 2
Author: Elaine J OustonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780648164722
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The second book in the Bush Tails series. A collection of stories from country life. A Close Call: An afternoon ride becomes dangerous when Courtney's curiosity leads her into a race to safety from an enraged emu. Jake to the Rescue: Jake's dad hasn't come home for tea. Following his mother's request to use his initiative more often, Jake and his dog Laddie go on a night search for his father that puts them in danger.
Tales for the bush
Author: Mary Theresa VidalTails from the Bush
Author: Denise LawsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735504889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get ready for some tail-wagging adventures in the Alaskan bush. The newest book in the Black Bear Sled Dog series highlights life in the bush with some real working sled dogs. When out in the bush, it's important to know....who made all those tracks in the deep, deep snow? Black Bear introduces her sled dog friends in this playful play on words as you meet these tails from the bush and hear their tales of adventure!
Sam O. White, Alaskan
Author: Jim ReardenPublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882409344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"This was an excellent book about a true pioneer! A very interesting story about the life of an amazing man. Sam was generous, courageous, and a friend to everyone who had the privilege of knowing him." Sam O. White was a tough, deep-voiced, six-foot-tall, two-hundred-pound former Maine lumberjack and guide. From 1922, for half a century he crisscrossed wild Alaska by foot, with packhorses, dog teams, canoe, riverboat, and airplane. He helped map the Territory, trap fur, and became the world’s first flying game warden. White wrote exciting tales about his Alaska adventures, and those writings make up the bulk of this volume. In 1927, he arrived at Fort Yukon as a game warden when millions of dollars worth of fine arctic furs annually arrived there. The hardy frontier trappers considered the new game warden a joke, but he quickly taught them to respect conservation laws. He was frustrated by the impossibility of adequately patrolling thousands of square miles by dog team, boat, and on foot, so with his own money, he bought an airplane. Pioneer pilots Noel and Ralph Wien taught him how to fly it. White then startled remote trappers and others by suddenly arriving from the sky. In 1941, lack of backing from Juneau headquarters caused him to resign as a wildlife agent. At Fairbanks, Noel Wien made him Chief Pilot for Wien Airlines. For the next two decades White flew as an Alaskan bush pilot, admired for his flying skill and the superior service he provided residents who flew with him, and who depended upon him for receiving mail and supplies. He had countless friends—one hundred arrived for his seventieth birthday party. His integrity and principles were of the highest. Decades after his death, he is still spoken of with awe by the long-time Alaskans.
Fairy Tales Told in the Bush
Author: Sister AgnesPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3753463078
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Fairy Tales Told in the Bush - Fairy Tales from Down Under A new edition of an old book published in the year 1911 - 'Fairy Tales Told in the Bush', by 'Sister Agnes'. The full name of the author could not be identified, despite intensive research. There are similar names in literature, but they might or might not have anything to do with her. Completely re-typed text, no photographic reproductions. All original black-and-white images have been kept. The layout and structure, including some punctuation, has been changed somewhat to make the book better readable, especially in the e-book version, but the content remains totally unchanged. Six stories: The little man in brown or the boy who lied - The magic gun - The underground river - The origin of the Yarra Yarra (Ever-flowing) - Forget-me-not - The Palace of Truth.