The Australian Yarn by Ron Edwards

The Australian Yarn

by Ron Edwards

Rigby, 1980, ISBN 0727003887, black and white illustrations throughout, illustrated frontispiece, paperback

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“The Australian Yarn is a collection of Australian folklore that is rare in its authenticity.  Each of the many yarns in the book was told to the author at first-hand by people of the book.  It is not an anthology of well-known stories, but a fresh and brilliant assembly of yarns collected over the years.
The spinners of the yarns come from a wide range of outback occupations: cattlemen and stockmen, farmers and drovers, canegrowers and canecutters, labourers, tradesmen, fishermen, and even professional men.  Their stories touch on every aspect of their lives: love and marriage, challenges, prejudices, superstitions.  They give a remarkable picture of Australian bush society, told in the idiom of today.”