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Steve Strevens Steve Strevens i(A77744 works by)
Born: Established: 1948 ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Jungle Dark Steve Strevens , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2015 8584516 2015 single work autobiography

'The powerful true story behind the classic Aussie song I Was Only Nineteen.

'On 21 July 1969, the soldiers of 3 Platoon crouched in the scrubby Vietnamese landscape listening to the news on the radio: Neil Armstrong had just stepped onto the moon.

'Moments later, Platoon Commander Lieutenant Peter Hines stepped on a mine and the platoon was engulfed in a maelstrom of dirt, smoke and blood.

'This is the true story of Frank 'Frankie' Hunt and the other soldiers of 3 Platoon, A Company, 6 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment who became the inspiration for Redgum's 1983 hit song I Was Only Nineteen - the anthem for the veterans of the Vietnam War.

'The Jungle Dark traverses the deep unhealed wounds of Vietnam soldiers and the song that finally brought them home.' (Publication summary)
1 Slowly Does It Steve Strevens , 2006 extract autobiography (Slow River : A Journey Down the Murray)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 July 2006; (p. 5)
2 4 y separately published work icon Slow River : A Journey Down the Murray Steve Strevens , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1287806 2006 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Encounters : Real Life Reading 2007; (p. 440-567) "Steve Strevens has lived on the Murray for almost 40 years. During that time he has fished and swum in its waters, climbed and swung from its trees, collected firewood from its forests, kicked a footy along the flats nearby, and made some of his most important decisions sitting on its banks. He even spread his father's ashes on its waters. Slow River is his ode to the Murray and an exploration of why and how it is more than just a river. Bumping along in his ute and steering his old tinnie, Steve explores the full length of the Murray from its source in a small swampy puddle hidden in a clump of tea trees in the mountains to where it meets the sea. This is a rich and generous portrait of the river, its many moods and the people and communities who depend upon it for their sanity and survival."
1 2 y separately published work icon Bob Rose : A Dignified Life Steve Strevens , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2003 Z1062999 2003 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon The Things We Do : Journeys through Australian Life Steve Strevens , Sydney : Macmillan , 2001 Z1472743 2001 single work prose travel
1 y separately published work icon Which Way to the Lizard Races? : A Journey around Australia's Other Great Sporting Events Steve Strevens , Sydney : Pan Macmillan , 1999 Z1472765 1999 single work prose travel
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