The Resource A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon
A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon
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The item A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Les Carlyon was one of Australia's greatest journalists and writers. His career in newspapers was stellar, becoming editor of The Age at 33, and going on to become editor in chief of The Herald & Weekly Times. But he was always more about the written word than about management, winning two Walkley Awards and the coveted Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award across a career where he covered everything from politics to horse racing. Yet most Australians will know him as an author, writing books that gave us the very essence of our history and our culture - whether in the trenches of the Western Front, or in the betting ring at Flemington. His epic account of the Gallipoli campaign, Gallipoli (2001), was as ground-breaking in its day as Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, combining incredible research and an ability to capture the human essence with a style that was distinctively his own. Gallipoli went on to sell over 250,000 copies in Australia, and his follow-up book The Great War (2006) won the Prime Ministers Prize for History, and was the 2007 ABIA Book of the Year. The Master (2012), an intimate portrait of Bart Cummings, cemented Les's place as Australia's greatest ever horse racing writer. From Don Bradman to Paul Keating, from Flemington to Flanders, from Henry Lawson to Clive James, A Life in Words is a collection of Les's very best writing, taken from across his career
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760879723
- Label
- A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup
- Title
- A life in words
- Title remainder
- collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup
- Statement of responsibility
- Les Carlyon
- Subject
-
- Australia -- Politics and government
- Australian essays
- Australian literature -- 20th century
- Australian literature -- 21st century
- Authors, Australian -- 21st century
- Carlyon, Les
- Carlyon, Les, 1942-2019
- Journalism -- Australia
- Journalists -- Australia
- Sportswriters -- Australia -- 21st century -- Collections
- Australia -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Les Carlyon was one of Australia's greatest journalists and writers. His career in newspapers was stellar, becoming editor of The Age at 33, and going on to become editor in chief of The Herald & Weekly Times. But he was always more about the written word than about management, winning two Walkley Awards and the coveted Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award across a career where he covered everything from politics to horse racing. Yet most Australians will know him as an author, writing books that gave us the very essence of our history and our culture - whether in the trenches of the Western Front, or in the betting ring at Flemington. His epic account of the Gallipoli campaign, Gallipoli (2001), was as ground-breaking in its day as Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, combining incredible research and an ability to capture the human essence with a style that was distinctively his own. Gallipoli went on to sell over 250,000 copies in Australia, and his follow-up book The Great War (2006) won the Prime Ministers Prize for History, and was the 2007 ABIA Book of the Year. The Master (2012), an intimate portrait of Bart Cummings, cemented Les's place as Australia's greatest ever horse racing writer. From Don Bradman to Paul Keating, from Flemington to Flanders, from Henry Lawson to Clive James, A Life in Words is a collection of Les's very best writing, taken from across his career
- Cataloging source
- NJB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-2019
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carlyon, Les
- Dewey number
- A828.3
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Carlyon, Patrick
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Carlyon, Les
- Carlyon, Les
- Sportswriters
- Authors, Australian
- Journalists
- Australian essays
- Journalism
- Australian literature
- Australian literature
- Australia
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
- WTjIYYjfwMo
- Label
- A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069133925
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760879723
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- jb2021060067
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1251245869
- Label
- A life in words : collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyon
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000069133925
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9781760879723
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- jb2021060067
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1251245869
Subject
- Australia -- Politics and government
- Australian essays
- Australian literature -- 20th century
- Australian literature -- 21st century
- Authors, Australian -- 21st century
- Carlyon, Les
- Carlyon, Les, 1942-2019
- Journalism -- Australia
- Journalists -- Australia
- Sportswriters -- Australia -- 21st century -- Collections
- Australia -- History
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