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A. J. Masman A. J. Masman i(A30421 works by) (birth name: Alfred James Masman)
Born: Established: 1 May 1908 Rowena, Walgett - Collarenebri area, Far North NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1969 Narrabri, Narrabri - Boggabri - Wee Waa area, Far North NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon The Valley of Swans A. J. Masman , Sydney : Dymocks , 1953 Z514322 1953 single work novel historical fiction
2 1 y separately published work icon Soil of Wyoona A. J. Masman , 1947 Z1248313 1947 single work novel historical fiction 'John Nixon, scapegoat of a prosperous Yorkshire family, is banished to Sydney in 1827 with 1,000 pounds in his pocket. Beyond Bathurst, in the unexplored interior, he lays claim to land on which to raise sheep and cattle....A harsh and lurid picture the author presents-yet one that does not suggest any straining after effects. Life is mostly at subsistence level and very raw; there are bouts of drinking, outbursts of lust and murder; man and beast are trampled to death or drowned in a stampede to the river after drought....' Publisher's blurb opposite title page.
1 Sheep With Wings A. J. Masman , 1938 single work novel

This story has novel features to commend it. The popularity of crime "thrillers" shows no sign of abatement in any part of the English-speaking world. Librarians everywhere in Australia, no less than in Britain and the United States, have had to provide more and more shelf room for this type of exciting reading.

In "Sheep with Wings," there are all the necessary features of the untangling of a crime mystery, but it has the great advantage of having not only a convincing and a feasible plot, but an Australian one, and a setting placed in New South Wales.

The crime is sheep stealing, and the author obviously has practical knowledge of the bush and of pastoral life, and writes about them attractively and well. The story will hold the reader's attention throughout, and there is a pleasant love interest intermingled with the solving of the mystery.

– The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 1938, p6
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