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Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 The Brumby
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The first story of young Joey Meehan, the wild Australian brumby herd, and of a wild silver Pegasus of a horse. (Libraries Australia)

Notes

  • Patchett wrote a number of books which OXAC calls a series, some of which have a 'Brumby' subtitle, but there is no formal name or numbering. This sequence contains: The Brumby (1958), Come Home, Brumby (1961), Circus Brumby (1962), Stranger in the Herd (1964), Brumby Foal (1965), The Long Ride (1970) and Rebel Brumby (1972).
  • First published as a short story in the magazine John Bull then expanded into a novel the same year.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lutterworth ,       1958 .
      Extent: 220p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1959 , 1960 , 1963
    • Indianapolis, Indiana,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Bobbs-Merrill ,       1958 .
      Alternative title: Brumby, the Wild White Stallion
      Extent: 224p.
      Note/s:
      • First published in London in 1958 under title: The Brumby
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lutterworth ,       1974 .
      Extent: 220p.
      Edition info: [New ed.]
      Reprinted: 1965 , 1971 , 1967
      ISBN: 0718801156
Alternative title: Villhesten
Language: Norwegian
    • Oslo,
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      Norway,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Aschehoug ,       1962 .
      Extent: 145p.
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y separately published work icon Come Home Brumby Mary Elwyn Patchett , London : Lutterworth , 1961 Z916141 1961 single work novel adventure young adult When Florian, the beautiful white stallion whom Joey had tamed, escaped from his paddock to follow the brumbies, Joey was determined to find them. (Libraries Australia)
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Works about this Work

Reading Bareback : Mary E. Patchett's Ajax the Warrior Anthony Eaton , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 154-160)
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