A Man About Town: The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur, 1854-1864 edited by Sally Graham

Book Description

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

James Graham (1819-1898) was one of the earliest pioneers to settle in Melbourne. He arrived in 1839 at the age of twenty and, over a period of sixty years, wrote an enormous number of lively, detailed letters which painted a vivid picture of life in the growing town.

The letters in this book cover the period from 1854 with Graham's departure on a visit to his parents in Scotland, to 1864 and his last Christmas at Bayule, Heidelberg.