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Alan Moorehead; a rediscovery.


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Alan Moorehead Alan Moorehead (1910-1983), born on July 22, 1910, in Melbourne, Australia, and educated at Scotch College, with a BA from Melbourne University. He travelled to England in 1937 and became a renowned foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. ; a rediscovery.

Moyal, Ann.

National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia is located in Canberra, Australia. Established in 1960, the Library grew out of the Federal Parliamentary Library, which was established in 1901.  

2005

138 pages

$29.95

Paperback

An Australian life.

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One of Australia's most famous writers, Alan Moorehead first gained notice as a newspaper correspondent during WWII WWII
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 and later cemented his reputation with widely-read biographies, historical accounts, and travel narratives. Drawing upon an examination of Moorehead's private papers, historian Moyal (affiliation not cited) describes his life and work and assesses his influence. Distributed in the U.S. by Antipodes Antipodes, islands, New Zealand
Antipodes (ăntĭp`ədēz), rocky uninhabited islands, 24 sq mi (62 sq km), South Pacific, c.550 mi (885 km) SE of New Zealand, to which they belong.
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