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Dural, NSW; Rosenberg Publishing; 2014. hardcover in very good condition, dustwrapper a little torn. 488 pages, b/w photos, includes CD
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More Than a Life: John Meredith: And the Fight for Australian Tradition Paperback - 2014
by Keith McKenry
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- Title More Than a Life: John Meredith: And the Fight for Australian Tradition
- Author Keith McKenry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition first edition -
- Pages 488
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Rosenberg Publishing, Dural, NSW, Australia
- Date 2014
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781925078145 / 1925078140
- Library of Congress subjects Biography, Australia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014498446
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Dural, NSW : Rosenberg Publishing, 2014. First edition . Hardcover. Good Condition/Good condition. Quarto. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean apart from some tiny faint spots Boards have slightly bumped corners and a sticker with the price is on the front free endpaper. CD attached to back inside cover John Meredith (1920-2001) was, for decades, the leading warrior in the fight to collect, preserve, and celebrate Australia's unique folk music heritage. Between 1953 and 1994, he recorded, from ordinary Australians, thousands of songs, tunes, recitations, folk medicines, superstitions, sayings, and yarns, documenting a rich canon of traditional lore which, at the time, few believed (and many denied) existed. He was also a key pioneer in folk song performance, establishing, in 1952, the original Bushwhackers Band and performing in the landmark Australian…
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Sydney, Dural: Rosenberg Publishing / Fanged Wombat Productions, 2014. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, colour frontispiece, colour photo rear flap jacket, CD inside rear cover, minor edgewear jacket (top corner front flap creased), autograph (author's written dedication title page). Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 488 pp. The fascinating story of John Meredith who was born in Holbrook, New South Wales, in 1920. As a young man he set out on a bicycle from home, determined to make his fortune. He discovered old-timers who told him about unknown bush songs. He became one of the world's great song collectors and a key person in the fight to preserve and celebrate Australia's developing folk heritage. In 1952 he established the original Bushwhackers Band and performed in the landmark Australian musical Reedy River. This biography includes a CD containing the…
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