The watcher on the cast iron balcony / Hal Porter
- Bib ID:
- 1130119
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Porter, Hal, 1911-1984
- Description:
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- St Lucia, Qld., Australia : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1993
- 255 p. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0702225584
- Series:
- UQP nonfiction.
- Summary:
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A classic among Australian autobiographies, The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony is regarded as Hal Porter's masterpiece. Recreating the rhythms of small-town life between the wars, it covers the author's first two decades. From the sensuality of his early boyhood experiences, Porter travels ever-observantly through his Baimsdale school years to his first job as a cadet reporter. The shock of his mother's death, however, disturbs the pattern of his new adventures as a teacher, art student and actor in Melbourne.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2054 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1984
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1963
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