Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has only light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Adam Lindsay Gordon's (1833-1870) second collection of poetry was published days before Gordon tragically took his own life.

Headstrong, reckless, extroverted, a mounted trooper, a fine steeplechase rider, a champion boxer, athlete and swimmer, Gordon was unfortunate in love and fecless in the management of his affairs. Yet throughout his turbulent life, Gordon's head was filled with lilting, romantic ballads, vividly capturing the spirit of Australia, the country he came to know so well. (book flap)