The Vagabond Papers: Expanded Edition by John Stanley James edited by Michael Cannon

The Vagabond Papers: Expanded Edition by John Stanley James edited by Michael Cannon

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781922235985
Author: John Stanley James
Additional Authors: Michael Cannon (editor)
Edition: Expanded Edition
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Place: Clayton VIC
Year: 2016
Format: Paperback
Pages: 282 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers. Protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Book is clean and binding intact.

Australian life has never had a chronicler quite like the Vagabond. Renowned as journalist and 'eminently unconventional character', he suffered extremes of poverty and prosperity. These enabled him to record first-hand experiences revealing the degradation of life in the festering slums of the Victorian era.

They also enabled him to write convincingly about the emergence of a well-off middle class in the fast-developing colonies. The Vagabond repeatedly shocked newly respectable citizens with his lively reporting of scandalous situations - baby farming, harsh conditions in prisons and asylums, savage sporting events, the life of the demi-monde, and pathetic pauper funerals.

This selection of the Vagabond's best work includes a lengthy introduction to the 1969 edition, which attempted to explain the mysteries of his origins and adventures, and the reasons he always used pseudonyms after fleeing from the USA to Australia.

Additional material in this edition reveals for the first time the details of his earlier life in Virginia, USA. Here he married the widow of a rich planter, used her money to build a delightful southern mansion, became a leading light in society, took control of the local bank, and absconded when things went wrong.

The rascal managed to redeem himself with his unique work for Australian newspapers, where no one realised his true identity.

A further addition to this volume is a scholarly examination of the Vagabond's pioneering technique of 'immersion journalism', where the reporter becomes part of the story and gives his own observations and opinions. (back cover)

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