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This selection from Herbert's voluminous correspondence includes letters to forty five individuals and organizations - his wife Sadie, friends, acquaintances, political and literary figures. The letters are arranged in six individually titled sections: 'Black Betrayal' and Failure (1929-1934); Exiled in Capricornia Country (1935-1938); Literary Lion in Love and War (1938-1947); Northern Wanderer (1947-1968); Writer, Chemist and Disturbing Element (1964-1968); Poor Fellow Dreaming (1970-1979). The letters are interspersed with explanatory biographical material. The editors have also provided a glossary, biographical notes on correspondents and notes on persons mentioned in the letters.
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Herbert's letters are preserved in a number of manuscript collections in Australian libraries. Details of these collections can be found by consulting the Register of Australian Archives and Manuscipts (RAAM) : http://www.nla.gov.au/raam/ and the Guide to Australian Literary Manuscripts: http://findaid.library.uwa.edu.au/
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Dedication: For Heather Atkinson
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