The Man from Snowy River

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THE MAN FROM NOWY RIVE "There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away..." ü And From Banjo Paterson's immortal ballad comes the növel - Elyne Mitchell's stirring tale of the boy who became the man from Snowy River. Jim Craig is eighteen years old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proved himself a man. Jessica Harrison is the beautiful, impetuous daughter of the wealthy cattleman whose L1000 colt runs off to jóin the brumby mob. then there is the stallion, leader of the brumbies for almost twenty years, ranging free and proud in the mountains, whose very existence is like a dark thread running through the lives of so many people . . . The Man from Snowy River is an incomparable story of adventure, courage and románcé, set in a landscape whose eerie beauty is summoned up with breathtaking clarity by well-known novelist Elyne Mitchell. Elyne Mitchell is the author of numerous novels, including the highly... Tovább

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THE MAN FROM NOWY RIVE "There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away..." ü And From Banjo Paterson's immortal ballad comes the növel - Elyne Mitchell's stirring tale of the boy who became the man from Snowy River. Jim Craig is eighteen years old, and cannot return to his mountain home until he has proved himself a man. Jessica Harrison is the beautiful, impetuous daughter of the wealthy cattleman whose L1000 colt runs off to jóin the brumby mob. then there is the stallion, leader of the brumbies for almost twenty years, ranging free and proud in the mountains, whose very existence is like a dark thread running through the lives of so many people . . . The Man from Snowy River is an incomparable story of adventure, courage and románcé, set in a landscape whose eerie beauty is summoned up with breathtaking clarity by well-known novelist Elyne Mitchell. Elyne Mitchell is the author of numerous novels, including the highly successful Silver Brumby series for children. She is an expert in both the Snowy Mountains area and in horsemanship, as her non-fiction works, Light Horse and The Snowy Mountains, eloquently testify. This book is based on the screenplay of the film The Man from Snowy River A Geoff Burrows-George Miller Production A Michael Edgley International and Cambridge Films Presentation Vissza