The Drover's Wife

by Frank Moorhouse

Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover's Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of drover's wife works, stories and images. The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 extended the mythology and it, too, has become an Australian icon. Other versions of the Lawson story have been written by Murray Bail, Barbara Jefferis, Mandy Sayer, David Ireland, Madeleine Watts and others,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014378482X
• ISBN13: 9780143784821
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Knopf Australia
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"