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In 1854 at the age of 28 Rachel Henning left the sheltered environment of her English home to settle in a new land - Australia. Pitchforked into the heat, the spartan conditions of the strange intense landscape, Rachel Henning, after an initial period of dislocation, took to her new life with amazing gusto. The long journeys on horseback, the nights spent under the stars, housekeeping in the outback - Rachel stuck to her resolve to 'make a go of it' and ended up loving her adopted country. The evocative and detailed letters she wrote to her family build a picture of both the routine and the remarkable events of a world far from the drawing-rooms of England. Through them we glimpse the rigour and excitement of women's lives in 19th-century Australia.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0140700269
- ISBN 13 9780140700268
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- Number of pages312
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The Letters of Rachel Henning (Lives & Letters)
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Book Description softcover. Condition: Good. Norman Lindsay (illustrator). Reprint. foreword by Norman Lindsay, preface by David Adams, technology and an appendix. Black and white coloured illustrations, throughout by Norman Lindsay. Colour illustrated card cover with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The letters have been brilliantly edited by David Adams to make a running story that reads like a novel, about a proper young Englishwoman joining her brother in Australia in 1854, and, after an initial period of adjustment, took to the pioneer life with gusto. Creasing of the book corners and rubbing of the edges and panels. Reading crease to the back strip with light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the verso of the front panel. A little creasing of the front text edge. Marks to the panels. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). [4], V - XX, 292, [8 Â of which seven after the titles from publishing house] pages, Bookseller sticker on rear panel. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Norman Lindsay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0140700269. ISBN/EAN: 9780140700268. Inventory No: 0290715. Seller Inventory # 0290715
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