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y separately published work icon Silver Brumby Whirlwind single work   novel   young adult  
Is part of Silver Brumby Series Elyne Mitchell , 1958-1999 series - author novel De Basta Djurbockerna Wahlstroms 1972 series - publisher (number 6 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Silver Brumby Whirlwind
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Wise old Benni, the kangaroo tells Thowra, the great Silver Brumby: 'In the north the whirlwind blows. And you will dance with living light. There, in the north, is the first born daughter of sunlight and moonlight blending over snow ... A whirlwind is the beginning. And a whirlwind is the end.' So Thowra goes to the strange country northwards to discover the meaning of Benni's riddle.

Notes

  • Dedication: Harry, to all the marvellous mountain days
  • Author's note: This Silver Brumby book was suggested by an American reader, Carol Clark. / The bare bones of the story were discussed - to the whisper of skis on cold snow, which was criss-crossed by hare's tracks - one early winter's day, below the tors of the Ramshead range, in 1971, and some of the writing was done at Thredbo during that winter. The book was finished, fired with an idea of Indi's, at Towong Hill in April 1972.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hutchinson Australia , 1973 .
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      Extent: 128p.
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      • Second impression 1977.
      ISBN: 0091152704
    • St Alban's, Hertfordshire,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Granada ; Dragon Books ,       1975 .
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      Extent: 126p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1976 , 1978
      ISBN: 058330222X (pbk)
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Armada ,       1988 .
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      Extent: 126p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0006930220 (pbk)
    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lions ,       1992 .
      Extent: 126p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 0006930220 (pbk)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Silver Brumby Stories : Volume 2 Elyne Mitchell , Hammersmith : Diamond Books , 1993 Z1317846 1993 selected work novel young adult Hammersmith : Diamond Books , 1993
Alternative title: Windys sista strid
Language: Swedish
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Works about this Work

[Review] Silver Brumby Whirlwind H. M. Saxby , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 49 1973; (p. 31)
— Review of Silver Brumby Whirlwind Elyne Mitchell , 1973 single work novel
[Review] Silver Brumby Whirlwind H. M. Saxby , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , October no. 49 1973; (p. 31)
— Review of Silver Brumby Whirlwind Elyne Mitchell , 1973 single work novel
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Subjects:
  • Bush,
Settings:
  • Snowy Mountains, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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