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During World War II Alan Marshall wrote humourous articles for the AIF News, a weekly newspaper published in Cairo. This autobiography chronicles Alan Marshall's one year trip around country Victoria collecting messages from family and friends for a column 'Messages from Home'
Notes
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Dedication: To Olive
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Epigraph: ... these are my people,/and I'm with them till the end. - Vance Palmer
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Originally titled Life Is Sweet, but changed before publication.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Where Certainty Lies : His Father's World
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010; (p. 177-197) 'Some thoughts about the values inherent in Alan Marshall's writing.' (Author's note.) -
1940's Australiana
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 16-18)
— Review of A Knockabout with a Slouch Hat : An Autobiographical Collection 1942-1951 1985 selected work autobiography ; These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
Marshall on the Road
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 June 1984; (p. 18)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
The Early Travels of Alan Marshall
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 May 1984; (p. 16)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
The Happy Warrior
1984
single work
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 96 1984; (p. 21-24) The Happy Warrior 1987; (p. 40-50)
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1940's Australiana
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 16-18)
— Review of A Knockabout with a Slouch Hat : An Autobiographical Collection 1942-1951 1985 selected work autobiography ; These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
Untitled
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Spring vol. 4 no. 3 1945; (p. 231-232)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
Stylist in a Caravan
1945
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 January vol. 66 no. 3389 1945; (p. 2)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
The Early Travels of Alan Marshall
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 5 May 1984; (p. 16)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
Marshall on the Road
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 June 1984; (p. 18)
— Review of These Are My People 1944 single work autobiography -
Around the World
1947
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , November vol. 2 no. 5 1947; (p. 280) -
Where Certainty Lies : His Father's World
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Well in the Shadow : A Writer's Journey through Australian Literature 2010; (p. 177-197) 'Some thoughts about the values inherent in Alan Marshall's writing.' (Author's note.) -
In Print
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: This Australia , spring vol. 2 no. 4 1983; (p. 78-79) -
The Happy Warrior
1984
single work
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 96 1984; (p. 21-24) The Happy Warrior 1987; (p. 40-50)
Last amended 19 May 2008 09:18:17
Subjects:
- Victoria,
- ca. 1942-1943
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