The Vagabond Papers
Monash University Publishing $34.95 pb, 332 pp, 9781922235985
Australian History
The Vagabond Papers by John Stanley James
by John Arnold •
In March 2016 the Royal Historical Society of Victoria hosted a function to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Michael Cannon's The Land Boomers, first issued in 1966 and several times since. The various speakers paid tribute to Cannon's work as a freelance historian and editor whose many books provided fresh and accessible insights into nineteenth-century Australian life.
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