Content to Lie in the Sun — W. E. Harney
Content to Lie in the Sun — W. E. Harney
Author: W. E. Harney
Publisher: Robert Hale Limited
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: 1961 reprint
ISBN: No ISBN
Condition: Acceptable to good second-hand hardcover condition with heavily worn dust jacket. Dust jacket has significant damage including a large missing section to the front cover, tears, creasing, chipping, rubbing, staining, edge wear, and age-related marks. Boards and pages show general age wear and light toning. Binding appears intact and the book remains a readable vintage copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
Content to Lie in the Sun is a mid-century account by W. E. Harney, drawing on his long experience in the Northern Territory and his observations of life, travel, landscape, and Aboriginal communities in northern Australia.
Written in a conversational style, the book moves through stories, encounters, bush life, weather, hunting, droving, station life, and the world Harney knew from decades spent in remote Australia. It reflects a particular historical period and should be read with awareness of the colonial attitudes and language of its time.