A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation... and yet forgotten?
In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead. As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa.
He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign.
With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead's story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography.
By:
Thornton McCamish Imprint: Black Inc Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 570g ISBN:9781863958271 ISBN 10: 1863958274 Publication Date:28 March 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
'Full-hearted, free-striding - this is a book that sings' - Helen Garner
