Arthur W. Upfield [[electronic resource] ] : life and times of Bony's man / / by A.J. Milnor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780621703321
• Autore: Milnor A. J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008; Newcastle : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-19147-0; 9786612191473; 1-4438-0775-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.912
• Soggetti: Novelists, Australian - 20th century; Australia Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-235) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; UPFIELD INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Both Australia and Arthur W. Upfield (1890-1964) matured together. At the start of the last century, Upfield emigrated to Australia as that nation was gaining independence and identity. The Gallipoli campaign changed both, and both spent the next decades in pursuit of identity, he wandering, Australia finding its own unique place among nations. Arthur W. Upfield lived a life many might envy: unsuccessful student, immigrant (1911), walker, horse breaker and camel driver, soldier, Bushman, f...