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Headon,
David
(
Editor
).
NORTH
OF
THE
TEN
COMMANDMENTS
A
Collection
of
Northern
Territory
Literature
Hodder
Stoughton
1991.
First
Edition.
348
pages
very
good
condition
ex
library
hardcover
in
dustjacket.
Typical
library
stamps
and
markings.
Illustrated.
Index
of
authors
and
storytellers
1145
grams
The
Northern
Territory
is
a
beautiful,
dangerous
and
disturbing
part
of
the
world,
a
place
of
dreaming,
nightmare
and
legend.
It
has
also
inspired
the
most
exciting
regional
literature
in
Australia.
In
'
North
of
the
Ten
Commandments
',
David
Headon
has
chosen
and
skilfully
arranged
and
juxtaposed
an
extraordinary
collection
of
myths,
yarns,
legends,
songs,
novel
excerpts,
jokes,
speeches,
a
journal
entries,
letters,
interviews,
poems,
government
inquiries
and
newspaper
items
The
result
is
a
unique
expression
of
the
interactions
between
this
wild
and
wonderful
land
and
its
inhabitants
from
ancient
times
to
the
present,
a
saga
of
courage
and
love,
killing
and
conquest,
eccentricity
and
madness,
setting
a
country
as
hostile
and
murderous
as
it
can
be
gentle
and
caring
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