Henry Lawson: A Stranger on the Darling

Henry Lawson: A Stranger on the Darling is an engaging and fascinating trek with Henry Lawson on the most important Journey of his writing life – Brian Matthews, author of Louisa and The Receding Wave .

Henry Lawson: A Stranger on the Darling is a crisply-written work which reveals how Lawson's time in the Australian bush transformed his perceptions ... [it] is a highly readable and important text – Michael Jacobson , Gold Coast Bulletin.

It is a labour of love, a scrapbook of Bourke local history with meticulously recorded details – Michael Wilding, The Weekend.

A fascinating new biography on Henry Lawson – The Australian Senior.

Part biography, part anthology, part local history ... a colourful and detailed account of the place and the time –Tim Thorne, The Mercury.

No Lawson fan would want to miss this book … [it] is a book for Lawson lovers, and lovers of what he stood for. And with so much of Lawson's work in it, no fan will be disappointed – Maurice Dunlevy, Canberra Time.s

This is a beautiful glimpse into a brief and fascinating period in the life of Lawson, and into the life of the Australian outback – Michael Southern, Pittwater Life.

A first class book … worth its purchase price for the long essay on Hungerford alone – Robert Billings, News Weekly.

The authors give a raw insight into times and life of an outback too often idealised by those whose vision was coloured by comfort...I recommend it to those who have a love of the written word and a thirst to know of a man who was unafraid of truth – Bruce Copping, The Newcastle Herald.

A Stranger on the Darling is also an innovative approach to the writing of local history and in many ways it is as much an exploration of life on the Darling in the 1890s as it is an introduction to a little documented aspect of Lawson's life and work – Fiona Capp, The Age Melbourne.

This volume is distinctive on three counts. First it is a very well-written documentary... second, in the process of researching their material the authors turned up eight of Lawson's poems not seen in modern times... in addition... the authors allow a new appreciation of the anthropological dimension of his writing. Henry Lawson: A Stranger on the Darling will sit very well in that part of your library devoted to the Australian legend of the 90s – Rod Moran, West Australian.