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Henry Lawson: The Man and the Legend (Australian Lives)
Henry Lawson The Man and the Legend - Australian Lives Author:Manning Clark, Manning Clark 'He had the gift . . . to use words that could make people cry' Manning Clark Henry Lawson was a deeply divided man. He was a soul burdened with an insatiable craving for love, a combative spirit with impossible hopes that mankind might sort itself our. Yet, he openly loathed huge sections of humanity and sang the blessings of war. Manning Cl... more »ark intimately reconstructs Lawson's agonising, and ultimately unsuccessful search for fulfilment of genius and happiness. The great irony is that Lawson's poetry inspired the feeling that life was worth living.« less