Around the Boree Log and Other Verses Contributor(s): O'Brien, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1849024596 ISBN-13: 9781849024594 Publisher: Oxford City Press OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Poetry | Australian & Oceanian |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 108 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Oceania |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan)sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the center of their lives. Around the Boree Log is verse that is simple and sincere and lit with a kindly understanding of the lives it chronicles. |