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Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

Around the Boree Log and Other Verses

John O'brien / John O’Brien

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Editorial:
Benediction Books
Año de edición:
2011
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781849024594

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In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O’Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan)sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the center of their lives. Around the Boree Log is verse that is simple and sincere and lit with a kindly understanding of the lives it chronicles.

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