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Mary E. Patchett (1897–1989)

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Tekijän teokset

Minä ja Koirat (1953) 65 kappaletta
The Brumby (1958) 59 kappaletta
Come Home, Brumby (1961) 32 kappaletta
Tam the untamed (1955) 16 kappaletta
Tiger In The Dark (1964) 14 kappaletta
Brumby Foal (1965) 12 kappaletta
Wild Brother (1954) 10 kappaletta
Ajax and the Haunted Mountain (1963) 6 kappaletta
Summer on Wild Horse Island (1965) 6 kappaletta
Warrimoo (1973) 6 kappaletta
The Long Ride (1970) 4 kappaletta
The Golden Wolf (1962) 4 kappaletta
Flight To The Misty Planet (1954) 4 kappaletta
Send For Johnny Danger (1956) 4 kappaletta
Rebel brumby (1972) 3 kappaletta
Dangerous Assignment (1962) 3 kappaletta
The white dingo (1965) 3 kappaletta
Return to the Reef (1956) 3 kappaletta
Quarter Horse Boy (1970) 3 kappaletta
The Circus Brumby (1962) 2 kappaletta
Outback Adventure (1997) 2 kappaletta
The Quest Of Ati Manu (1962) 2 kappaletta
Ajax and the drovers (1964) 2 kappaletta
Cry of the Heart (1956) 2 kappaletta
The Mysterious Pool (1958) 2 kappaletta
In A Wilderness (1962) 2 kappaletta
Your Call Miss Gaynor (1955) 2 kappaletta
The saffron woman 2 kappaletta
Hunting cat (1976) 2 kappaletta
L' enfant du désert 2 kappaletta
The Venus Project (1963) 2 kappaletta
The Lee Twins: Beauty Students (1955) 2 kappaletta
Roar of the Lion (1973) 2 kappaletta
The Proud Eagles (1960) 1 kappale
Evening Star (1954) 1 kappale
Terror of Manooka (1966) 1 kappale
The Last Warrior (1965) 1 kappale
Summer on Boomerang Beach (1967) 1 kappale
Tanga, det tama lejonet (1987) 1 kappale
The Great Barrier Reef (2011) 1 kappale
The Call of the Bush (1959) 1 kappale
Festival of jewels (1968) 1 kappale
The end of the outlaws (1961) 1 kappale
Unternehmen Mond 1 kappale
Villiori (1973) 1 kappale

Associated Works

Die schönsten Hunde-Geschichten (1978) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
Patchett, Mary E.
Muut nimet
Patchett, M. E.
Patchett, Mary Elwyn
Bruce, David
Patchett, Mary Osborne Elwyn
Syntymäaika
1897-12-02
Kuolinaika
1989
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
Australia
Syntymäpaikka
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Kuolinpaikka
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Ammatit
journalist
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Patchett, an only child, grew up on a cattle station near Texas in Queensland, enabling her to portray Australian animals realistically in their natural habitat and set her stories authoritatively. After working for five years as a features journalist for the Sun group of newspapers, she left to work in England as a freelance writer in 1931, returning for holidays. Her first published book Ajax the Warrior (1953), originally broadcast in 1952 on the BBC Children's Hour, was largely autobiographical. She continued to write occasionally for the show over the years, with her stories appearing in children's publications such as the BBC Children's Hour Annual, Look and Learn, Chucklers Annual, and A Bumper Book of Girls' Stories (1978). Mysterious Pool appeared first as a short story in the magazine John Bull.

Patchett's varied interests were reflected in her writings. She can be considered one of the pioneers of Australian juvenile science fiction writing because she was inspired by the idea of space flight and a member of the British Interplanetary Society. Her activities on both sides of the theatrical curtain are reflected in Evening Star, and her ownership of a beauty salon at one stage informed The Lee Twins and Your Call Miss Gaynor.

With her works translated into Arabic, Finnish, Norwegian, German, Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Swedish, Polish and Japanese, she was considered to be internationally the most widely read Australian children's author of the time. From http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A62499

Note: Date of death is probably 1989 (http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/pag...)

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

A few years have passed, and both Joey and his horse Brumby have grown up. But now Brumby and his herd are missing, so Joey resolves to search for them, and for Brumby's son, Florian, who is also missing. Taking only a couple horses and his two dogs, fifteen year old Joey sets out to find the animals that are part of his future, the basis for a breeding operation.

Authentic, believable, well-written tale of the wilds of Australia, and those that survive there.
 
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fuzzi | Aug 10, 2016 |
This is the story of a young motherless boy, and his counterpart, a young motherless wild colt, and how their lives are linked together. We watch as both Joey and his Brumby each grow, mature, and handle what life sets out before them. The author tells a tale without romanticism, realistic, honest, but not graphic. A worthwhile read for adolescent or adult.
½
 
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fuzzi | Jun 19, 2016 |
This is a well-written story told by a young girl raised in the Australian Outback, surrounded by her pets, including her horse Tam. While this book is aimed at an adolescent audience, it is also worth reading for adults. The descriptions of the flora and fauna, as well as life on a station (ranch) ring true, and for good reason: this and other books by the author are semi-autobiographical. Good read.
½
 
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fuzzi | Jan 30, 2016 |
This is the seventh in the "Ajax" series, about a young girl and her adventures growing up in the Australian Outback. The first few chapters are about the protagonist as a very little girl, before she got Ajax, her half Dingo companion. I thoroughly enjoyed the prequel chapters as well as the main story about cattle rustlers.

The Ajax series is autobiographic: the author really did have many, if not all of the experiences as written. The stories sound authentic, which makes them that much better. Recommended...if you can find it (I got my reading copy through an online lending library).… (lisätietoja)
½
 
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fuzzi | May 20, 2014 |

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