The Resource Our man elsewhere : in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish
Our man elsewhere : in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish
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- Summary
- A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation . . . and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead. As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign. With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead's story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Our man elsewhere : in search of Alan Moorehead
- Title
- Our man elsewhere
- Title remainder
- in search of Alan Moorehead
- Statement of responsibility
- Thornton McCamish
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation . . . and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead. As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign. With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead's story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography
- Award
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non Fiction, 2017.
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10513221
- Cataloging source
- ANL
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- McCamish, Thornton
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Moorehead, Alan
- War correspondents
- Journalists
- Historians
- Authors
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- in search of Alan Moorehead
- Label
- Our man elsewhere : in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000056517008
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863958271
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930556188
- Label
- Our man elsewhere : in search of Alan Moorehead, Thornton McCamish
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000056517008
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863958271
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930556188
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