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Jack Drake Jack Drake i(A84409 works by) (a.k.a. J. Drake)
Born: Established: 1950
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Bronco Harry's Last Ride : More Bush Ballads and Yarns Jack Drake , Salisbury : Boolarong Press , 2019 17391062 2019 selected work poetry prose

'The Australian bushman's sense of humour is legendary: dry, laconic and with a good bite. Jack Drake is one of Australia's best writers and reciters of this comic bush verse. But he also has a great sense of the farcical and the crazy tall story. These are more ballads and yarns you'll be wanting to recite in the evenings on the verandah. Again, we guarantee a belly-full of laughs or your money back.
'Jack Drake is one of those larger than life characters ... he is an excellent showman and it is an unforgettable experience to hear him in full cry relating the escapades of the redoubtable `Woody'. Bruce Simpson, author of Packhorse Drover'   (Publication summary)
1 The Saga of Shivering Shimpkins Jack Drake , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: The Outback : Anthology of Short Stories 2016; (p. 123-130)
1 y separately published work icon The Outback vs The Wild West : Volume 2 of The Wild West in Australia and America Jack Drake , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2006 Z1297848 2006 single work prose Compares mythologies and their meanings.
1 y separately published work icon The Wild West in Australia and America The Wild West in Australia and America : An Historical Comparison of True Frontier Tales Jack Drake , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2005 Z1278182 2005 selected work prose biography
1 y separately published work icon The Cattle Dog's Revenge : Bush Ballads and Yarns Jack Drake , Rockhampton : Central Queensland University Press , 2003 Z1152610 2003 selected work poetry myth/legend
1 Ode to a Ringer i "He lay in the dust of the stockyard there.", Jack Drake , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sunlines : An Anthology of Poetry to Celebrate Australia's Harmony in Diversity 2002; (p. 152-153)
1 y separately published work icon Still Ducking : Bush Poems and Short Stories Jack Drake , Stanthorpe : Jack Drake , 2000 Z1145204 2000 selected work poetry short story
1 y separately published work icon Duck for Cover : Bush Poems Jack Drake , Stanthorpe : Jack Drake , 1998 Z1854439 1998 selected work poetry
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