Outside Track

Outside Track

by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson's "Outside Track" is a collection of short stories and poems that vividly capture the lives of ordinary Australians during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Set against the backdrop of the unforgiving Australian bush, Lawson's tales explore themes of mateship, isolation, hardship, and the search for identity. Through his characters, Lawson provides a poignant and often humorous insight into the struggles and triumphs of everyday people in a rapidly changing society.

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Henry Lawson

Australia

Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial...

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