'They don't make them like Ted any more. The quintessential bush storyteller, he has rubbed shoulders with some of the best-known and least-known of his countrymen and women, and he can wring a heart-wrenching song out of a beer carton. Born to a working family in Melbourne's Coburg, he has never had a music lesson. Nonetheless many of his songs about Australia are now classics. Through his stories of childhood in WWII, teaching in a bush school, working with Aboriginal people in the Gulf Country, and performing in Alice Springs and around the country, Ted Egan brings back to life an Australia that has largely disappeared. His encounters offer insights into national politics and everyday life over the past eight decades. His generosity of spirit and his deep understanding of his country shine from every page.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
