Tales of the Big Country by Keith Willey

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to all foredges. Some foxing marks on preliminary pages. Dust jacket has small tears at top right corner, now protected in a plastic covering.

Australians of vastly varying types are the subject of Keith Willey's book. Some are independent and individualistic, like the old Hawkesbury fisherman, the horsebreakers of the outback and the men and women who live in isolation in the far north of Queensland.

Others are men of dogged courage, such as the surf lifesavers who brave shark-infested waters and the young soldiers on a Vietnam patrol.

Willey includes his experiences as a witness at Ronald Ryan’s execution.

Humour and nostalgia, eccentricities and idealism, action and drama all have a place in a book that shows many different aspects of a big country. (book flap)