On How I Came to Write 'the Lucky Country'The publication in 1964 of The Lucky Country changed the way that Australians thought about themselves. This work is an extract from Horne's memoirs that recalls the personal and public circumstances, which led him to write The Lucky Country. |
Contents
Fun and Brilliant Improvisation | 1 |
A New Sense of the Possible | 23 |
Knocking Down a National Edifice | 55 |
Recovery Program | 81 |
A Talent for Enthusiasm | 102 |
The Lucky Country | 124 |
Notes | 137 |
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