S G Bryant

Boss (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Boss chronicles the life and times of Mary Emily Susannah (Minnie) Hunter, and her experiences on the frontiers of nineteenth century Australia. Born into a family of famous horsemen and pioneers, Minnie inherits her family's love of horses as well as an affinity with the wild landscape at the edge of settled Australia.

As a child she meets John Brewer, a self-made pastoralist and outstanding young horseman. She quickly comes to idolise the man she calls 'Boss', and the friendship she strikes up marks the beginning of a devotion that lasts her whole life.

The book also charts the terrible fate that befell the Boandik and Wiradjuri tribes, who Minnie lived with and befriended over her life. In the space of a generation, disease and white apathy and neglect wiped out these people and their traditional way of life.

Boss is based on the published diaries of Minnie Hunter, creatively interpreted to highlight the remarkable lives of Minnie, her family, and the people she encountered over her life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon Bryant
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780648037514
• Artikelnr.: 53052858

Autorenporträt

Simon Bryant grew up on a farm, a soldier settler block in the South East of South Australia. After graduating with an English Literature degree from Adelaide University, he has pursued a number of paths, including farming, managing a radio station, working in tourism, and most recently, an extended spell in the public service in Canberra. Now retired, he is dedicating his time to a life-long interest in creative writing, and, in particular, to writing historical Australian fiction.