The award-winning tale of the motley crowd of travelling 'battlers'. the flowers flared up from the ground unconquerable. the unrepentant gaiety of the weed, the burning blues and crimsons, set the hills glowing. 'It's a plant that's struck it lucky,' the Stray said thoughtfully. 'It hasn't got no right, but it's there.' the Battlers is the story of Snow, a drifter and wanderer, the waiflike Dancy the Stray, from the slums of Sydney, and the other outcasts who accompany them as they travel the country roads looking for ...
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The award-winning tale of the motley crowd of travelling 'battlers'. the flowers flared up from the ground unconquerable. the unrepentant gaiety of the weed, the burning blues and crimsons, set the hills glowing. 'It's a plant that's struck it lucky,' the Stray said thoughtfully. 'It hasn't got no right, but it's there.' the Battlers is the story of Snow, a drifter and wanderer, the waiflike Dancy the Stray, from the slums of Sydney, and the other outcasts who accompany them as they travel the country roads looking for work. Like the weed Patterson's Curse, they 'haven't got no right', but they are there. Based on her own experiences of life on the roads in the 1930s, tennant tells the story of the motley crowd of travellers with compassion and humour. First published in 1941, the Battlers was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society and shared the S. H. Prior Memorial Prize. More than seventy years later, the book's message of survival against the odds is as relevant today as it was then.
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Add this copy of The Battlers to cart. $12.95, very good condition, Sold by Daedalus Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Angus & Robertson Publishers.
Add this copy of The Battlers (Sirius S. ) to cart. $16.95, very good condition, Sold by Wide World Maps & More rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Salem House Publishers.
Add this copy of The Battlers (Sirius S. ) to cart. $44.49, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Macmillan.
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Add this copy of The Battlers to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by J Mercurio Books Maps & Prints rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Macmillan.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition (preceded by the Victor Gollancz printing a few weeks earlier). Original publisher's deep black cloth with tan stamped titles on front and spine. Very clean inside. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, corner chips, damp stain on rear lower right corner, which does not effect underlying book. $2.50 price intact. Four reviews on back panel. Scarce.
