The Tears of a Stranger: A Memoir by Stan Grant

The Tears of a Stranger: A Memoir by Stan Grant

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781460765326
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Stan Grant
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Place: Pymble NSW
Year: 2003
Format: Paperback
Pages: 305 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Stan Grant was born in 1963 into the Wiradjuri people -- a tribe of warriors who occupied the vast territory of central and southwestern New South Wales. For 100 years, the Wiradjuri waged a war against European invasion and settlement. This war has largely been ignored by historians and politicians, but will be burned into the hearts and minds of the Wiradjuri forever.

By the time Grant was born, the war against invasion had largely been lost, and remnants of the Wiradjuri were scattered among mission camps and the fringes of rural towns. The Wiradjuri people found themselves waging a new war -- this time against alcoholism, poverty, abuse and neglect. It was against this backdrop that the Grant family waged its very own struggle: a life-and-death battle for survival.

In the 1980s Stan Grant would begin a career in journalism that would take him to a position of national prominence. As a reporter, he has travelled all over the world, interviewing the likes of Arafat, Clinton, Blair, Adams and Saddam. He has seen despots and tin-pot revolutionaries; madmen and saints; the glory of the Olympics and the despair of hundreds of years of conflict in Ireland and the Middle East. Yet, he is always a storyteller, just as his father's father was before him. And now he turns to the biggest story of his career: that of his people, the Wiradjuri. (publisher blurb)

Includes bibliography.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.

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