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The Tin Scratchers

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The Tin Scratchers
First edition
AuthorIon Idriess
Cover artistClem Seale
LanguageEnglish
Genreautobiography
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1959
Publication placeAustralia
Pages260 pp

The Tin Scratchers: The Story of Tin Mining in the Far North is a 1959 autobiographical book by Ion Idriess.[1]

The book is an account of Idriess' attempts at making a fortune mining in the Cape York Peninsula and how he became involved in tin mining. [2] "From his own memories, Idriess provides accounts of the outback characters who were individuals to a man."[1]

Reviews

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In The Sydney Morning Herald, the reviewer noted: "That tireless narrator of frontierland tales, Ion Idriess, is still able to find vivid sources of reading interest in the remote outback." They went on that the novel "begins a little uneasily – due, one suspects, to some rather improbable conversations between the characters – but once it settles down to relate Mr Idriess' practical experiences it becomes increasingly interesting."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "YOUR BOOKSHELF". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 31. Australia. 6 January 1960. p. 33. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Book description at Trove
  3. ^ "Reviews in Brief", The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 1959, p19
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