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The Big Book of Australian Yarns

and amazing true stories
By Jim Haynes
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'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades.' - Courier-Mail The Big Book of Australian Yarns is master storyteller Jim Haynes' comprehensive collection of factual and fascinating stories and humour. The yarns range from the poignant to the hilarious,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Big Book of Australian Yarns

A new extended collection from Jim Haynes about the true essence of Australia-our yarns and stories, from every walk of life

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'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades.' - Courier-Mail

The Big Book of Australian Yarns is master storyteller Jim Haynes' comprehensive collection of factual and fascinating stories and humour. The yarns range from the poignant to the hilarious, from the ridiculously Australian to the unexplained and spooky. There are heroic and inspiring characters, as well as larrikins and crooks, and everyday humorous events told with a refreshing understatement that vividly evokes a vanishing Australia.

There are tall stories from the bush, yarns from our colourful colonial past and more modern times, railway stories, sporting legends, and many other things you never knew about our amazing history and the people who made it - men and women whose astonishing lives and achievements created the Aussie spirit.

The result of decades of research into popular culture and history from all parts of the country, unearthing little-known facts and tales long-buried, The Big Book of Australian Yarns will have you smiling for days and spinning yarns to all your mates.

'It's fair to say that Jim certainly knows how to pull together a collection of ripping good yarns.' - Australian Rural & Regional News

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761471865

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 654g

Pages: 544

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Biography & Memoir Jim Haynes New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jim Haynes OAM is one of Australia's most prolific and successful authors. Before becoming a professional entertainer, song writer and verse writer in 1988, Jim taught writing, literature, history and drama in schools and universities from outback New South Wales to Britain and back again. In 2016, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for 'services to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian'.

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