Louisa Lawson : Henry Lawson's Crusading Mother by Lorna Ollif - 1978

Rigby, Sydney, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Louisa Lawson, the mother of Henry Lawson, has only recently achieved recognition in her own right as an outstanding woman in Australia's history. Since her death in in 1920 until the 1970s she figured primarily as a background figure in the biographies of her famous son, being depicted as as a too-dominant mother who hindered the progress of Australia's poet. Lorna Ollif's biography of Louisa seeks to restore to her some measure of the acclaim she should have had..." Size: 180mm - 250mm. 148 pages. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. DJ has some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners & extremities.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Sexuality & Gender. ISBN: 0727005871. ISBN/EAN: 9780727005878. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19621. . 9780727005878