Man & beast / Andrew Rule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rule, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals--Australia--Anecdotes.

Animals.

Human-animal relationships--Australia.

Human-animal relationships.

Animals--Social aspects--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Australia : Melbourne University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Man & Beast features some of the greats of Australian literature, writing about the particular kinships they have with animals: the loves, the losses and the surprising turns those relationships can take. Les Carlyon writes about those strange beings, horse people. Robert Drewe's curious eye falls on everything from bull sharks to bull ants. Don Watson is a secret racehorse fancier. Shaun Micallef remembers the dog that might never have been and Paul Toohey laments the passing of the 'roo dog. Plus, Andrew Rule, Phillip Adams, Greg Baum, Tony Birch, John Birmingham, Anson Cameron, John Clarke, Greg Combet, Trent Dalton, John Elder, Jonathan Green, John Harms, Malcolm Knox, Garry Linnell, William McInnes, Bruce Pascoe, Liam Pieper, Frank Robson, Andrew Rule, John Silvester, Jeff Sparrow, Tony Wilson, Tony Wright share their memorable stories of the animals in their lives.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Animal Kingdom

Lassie

Four Legs Bad

Mustang Sally

Dirty Dog

Snake Dog

The Horse Whisperer

Bird Brains

Man and Bird

Acrocalypse Now

Masculine Shoes

Cat and Moustache

Rein Lover

Island Bream

Rescue Dog

Stud

Shepherds

A Boy and His Dog

Smiling in the Dark

Cat Lovers

Lucky

Kid on a Crock

Animal Acts

Mimi and Rosa

Roo Dogs

Society of Birds

Epsilon

Gee Gee v GG

Biographies.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-522-87088-0