The Shadows Of Horses
By (Author) Michael Keenan
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Bantam
1st July 2008
Australia
General
Non Fiction
The countryside, country life: general interest
305.963099445
Paperback
336
Width 130mm, Height 196mm, Spine 25mm
310g
Mike's first book, The Horses Too Are Gone, only told a small part of his personal story. Now, through his memoir of growing up on the family property, Myall Plains, and later running it, Mike explores many themes of the Australian bush and its way of life: the changes over the years and the end of bush culture, the degradation of the environment and, on a personal note, his relationship with his domineering, volatile father. Ultimately this book is about Mike's own passion for - and despair over - life on the land, but he also speaks for every farmer who is doing it tough.
Mike Keenan is a successful author and a former farmer. His first book , The Horses too are Gone, was the true story of his fight to save his cattle and his farm from drought. Since selling the family property, Mike has lived in the Blue Mountains, NSW, but has the itch to farm again. http://www.michaelkeenan.com.au