Ion Idriess: The Last Interview - Couverture souple

Bowden, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1922384984 ISBN 13 : 9781922384980

Editeur : ETT Imprint, 2020

Synopsis

Ion "Jack" Idriess (1889 - 1979) is recognised as one of Australia's great storytellers, having published over 50 books including the Outback tales of Lasseter's Last Ride, Flynn of the Inland, and The Cattle King alongside major histories of Broken Hill, Broome and Cooktown.

This book is his last interview in 1975, prompted by the then-young Tim Bowden, for a possible ABC Radio program that did not eventuate due to Idriess's fading voice. Within this book Idriess talks of his early years in Broken Hill, he tells of his earliest writing for the Bulletin, on living and photographing Aboriginal tribes in the Kimberlys and Cape York; on the writing of his books like Madman's Island and My Mate Dick; his life with the pearlers of Broome and Thursday Island; on the joys of prospecting, living in the Wild, and on Lasseter and his diary.

Full of colourful characters and true stories, Ion Idriess allows us into his unbridled enthusiasm for Australian and Aboriginal history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tim Bowden is a Sydney broadcaster, journalist, radio and television documentary maker, oral historian and author.  He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, August 2, 1937, and is married, with two children. He hosted the ABC-TV listener and viewer reaction program 'Backchat' from 1986 to June 1994.He has written 17 books including the best-seller One Crowded Hour. He has made several documentaries for ABC TV, and created the ABC’s Social History Unit.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ETT Imprint
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1922384984
• ISBN 13: 9781922384980
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible