Hail and farewell: An Evocation of Gippsland by Chester Eagle

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book corners and edge. Foredges have started to fox. Insect damage to half-title page. Marks on pages 1-10. Binding is still very good. Dust jacket in fair condition with tears at spine and right side front cover. Tears, unfortunately, are covered in masking tape.

Later published as House of Trees: Gippsland's Legends, Places and People Brought to Life.

Gippsland is an area unique in Australia - backed by mountains, bounded by the sea, and cut off from the central Sydney-Melbourne axis of Australian history.

Yet, in many ways, Gipplands still embodies 19th-century Australia celebrated by those who search our past and present for national ethos. (book flap)