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  • Paradise Mislaid

    In search of the Australian tribe of Paraguay

    Serier Bog 120 - Untapped
    Part history, part travelogue, all riveting story, Paradise Mislaid is historian Anne Whitehead’s award-winning account of her quest to discover the story of the 500 idealistic Australians who attempted to establish a socialist Utopia in the jungles of Paraguay at the end of the nineteenth century.‘One of the most bizarre stories in Australian history - splendidly told by one of our master story ... Læs mere

    55,06 kr.

  • Bluestocking in Patagonia

    Mary Gilmore’s quest for love and utopia at the world’s end

    Serier Bog 121 - Untapped
    Dame Mary Gilmore’s portrait is on the ten dollar note. But before she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire for contributions to literature, she was Mary Cameron, a schoolteacher and feminist, and one of a group of Australians who, at the end of the nineteenth century, attempted to create a socialist Utopia in Paraguay. Historian Anne Whitehead retraces her steps in a compelling ... Læs mere

    55,06 kr.

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