Main Title: |
Haxby's circus : the lightest, brightest little show on earth / by Katharine Susannah Prichard. |
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Author: |
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1883-1969
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Imprint: |
Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson, 1945. |
Collation: |
269 pages : paperback ; 19 cm. |
Summary: |
The powerful descriptive writing of Katharine Susannah Prichard brings to life the harsh life of Haxby's Circus as it plows through town after dry, dusty town in the Australian outback in the early years of the 20th century when a visit to the circus was a day the bush folk would remember all their lives (from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6434495-haxby-s-circus).
Gina Haxby, the bareback rider, has a dreadful accident. What's to be if she can never ride again? What is her place now, amongst her brothers, sisters and fellow showmen? The adage is: you run away with the circus to find yourself, but what if it's all you've ever known? Gina must be the master of her own fate (from http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780207189753/haxbys-circus).
Story based on the firsthand experience by the author of the real Wirth's circus and the show circuit of country towns across the Wimmera and Murrumbidgee region. |
Subject: |
Circus and circuses Australian fiction
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Series: |
Australian pocket library
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Edition: |
1st Australian ed. |
Notes: |
First published 1930.
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