A Single Tree - Hardcover

Watson, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1926428811 ISBN 13: 9781926428819

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Australia, 2017

Synopsis

Each of these varied contributors—settlers, explorers, anthropologists, naturalists, stockmen, surveyors, itinerants, artists and writers—represents a particular place and time. Men in awe of the landscape or cursing it; aspiring to subdue and exploit it or finding themselves defeated by it. Women reflecting on the land’s harshness and beauty, on the strangeness of their lives, their pleasures and miseries, the character and behavior of the men. Europeans writing about indigenous Australians, sometimes with intelligent sympathy and curiosity but often with contempt, and often describing acts of startling brutality. This collection comprises diary extracts, memoirs, journals, letters, histories, poems and fiction. There are accounts of journeys, of work and recreation, of religious observance, of creation and destruction. Stories of uncanny events, peculiar and fantastic characters, deep ironies, and of land unlimited. And musings on what might be the future of the bush: as a unique environment, a food bowl, a mine, a wellspring of national identity. From Dampier and Tasman to Tim Flannery and assorted contemporary farmers, environmentalists and grey nomads, these pieces represent a vast array of experiences, perspectives and knowledge.

About this title

About the Author

Don Watson’s books include Death Sentences, American Journeys and The Bush. He has won the Age Book of the Year (twice), a Walkley award for non-fiction, the New South Wales Premier’s award for book of the year, and many other awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Australia
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1926428811
• ISBN 13: 9781926428819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352