The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses [Library Binding]

Andrew Barton Paterson (Author), Banjo Paterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1991

A centennial edition of the classic Australian poem by the "Bard of the Bush". This edition contains 46 ballads and is illustrated with images of the remote high country and its people in the 19th century.

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Review

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER and all these poems! Clancy of the Overflow
Clancy of the Overflow

Johnson's Antidote
The Man from Ironbark
Saltbush Bill
Come-by-Chance
The Great Calamity
How the Favourite Beat Us
A Bush Christening
Those Names
Last Week
In Defence of the Bush
The Daylight is Dying
Ambition and Art
The Wind's Message
Shearing at Castlereagh
The Flying Gang
How Gilbert Died
A Bushman's Song
The Boss of the `Admiral Lynch'
The All Right 'Un
Black Swans
A Bunch of Roses
A Voice from the Town
How M'Ginnis Went Missing
Only a Jockey
Over the Range
Lost
In the Droving Days
The Two Devines
Frying Pan's Theology
On Kiley's Run
The Amateur Rider
The Open Steeplechase
The Man Who Was Away
Been There Before
A Mountain Station
The Travelling Post Office
The Geebung Polo Club
An Idyll of Dandaloo
Our New Horse
Conroy's Gap
Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 250 pages
• Publisher: Buccaneer Books (October 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899665896
• ISBN-13: 978-0899665894
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,201,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a find--a treasury of Australian poems!, June 12, 2000

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This review is from: The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (Library Binding)

I loved the movie "The Man From Snowy River" and knew it was based on the poetry of A.B. Paterson. I spent the last fifteen years looking for a book of his poems in every library and bookstore I entered. I never found one until now--what a find! The book has 129 poems, including the song "Waltzing Matilda". Many, like "The Man From Snowy River" are exciting. Some are funny ("Mulga Bill's Bicycle"), and some are sad and sentimental ("The Droving Days"). Most are about horses and cowboys, and they take place in Australia. I love this book--Banjo Paterson is a poet who has been ignored too long in the US, and I'm so thankful I found a copy on your site!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly Australian readable poet, October 21, 2001

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A Williams "honestpuck" (Neutral Bay, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses (Paperback)

Andrew Barton Paterson (more commonly known as `Banjo' Paterson) is probably the loudest voice in late 19th century/early 20th century Australian literature, he certainly contributed more to Australian mythos than any other literary figure.

U.S. readers may recognise the title of this collection from the film which bears a more than passing (yet not terribly accurate) resemblance to Paterson's poem of the same name. Read the poem, it is stronger and the `Man' more mythic in Paterson's verse. You may also recognise "Waltzing Matilda" a poem later set to music that narrowly missed becoming Australia's anthem, certainly more Australians know the words to Waltzing Matilda than our official anthem, `Advance Australia Fair.'

Yet Paterson is more than this. The comedic "Mulga Bill's Bicycle' is perhaps as well known to Australians. The tale of the proud and arrogant Mulga Bill who claims "none can ride like me" and "I'll ride this here two-wheeled concern right straight away at sight." rolls on in an inevitable but rollicking and funny way.

His `Clancy of the Overflow' perfectly captures the Australian mood of living in the city yet eternally drawn to our wide brown land. It's final paragraph sums it superbly.

And I somehow rather fancy that I'd like to change with Clancy,
Like to take a turn at droving where the seasons come and go,
While he faced the round eternal of the cash-book and the journal --
But I doubt he'd suit the office, Clancy, of The Overflow.

I always enjoy reading his verse. It is easily read, quite short and many of them marvelously humourous.

To conclude Paterson is a strongly and uniquely Australian poetic voice. This collection has the best of his verse. I'd recommend it to all who have ever enjoyed one of his verses and to all who might enjoy some simply constructed but strongly evocative Australian poetry. Even fairly young readers would enjoy a lot of the poems in this collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A cheap printing of a fraction of the work, June 19, 2003

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T W Gulliver (Longmont, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (Library Binding)

This is a lousy edition by some New York bandit publisher, pages misaligned, uneven print; contains many of the soppy poems and not all the better ones. Better off looking for an older, used edition.