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'Gripped By Drought is a powerful story of a man's battle not only with the elements of nature which threatened the ruin of his huge Australian sheep-farm, but also with a loveless and unhappy marriage. For Frank Mayne, master of well-nigh a million-acre sheep station, life assumed its most dreary aspect. No rain for his farm, a wife who involved him in an orgy of spending and entertainment, and with disaster just round the corner, there seemed little prospect of happiness. Yet in the darkest hour of all, after the many unexpected and sometimes thrilling situations, the darkest hour of the drought gave way to rain and Mayne's tribulations became of the past.' (Synopsis)
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Dedication: To My Friend E. V. Whyte to whom I am indebted for the pastoral statistics and other data which made this story possible
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Arthur W. Upfield Retrospective
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 1 no. 2 2012; (p. 269-273)
— Review of The Bony Bulletin 1981-1990 periodical (3 issues); The Beach of Atonement 1930 single work novel ; Arthur W. Upfield : Life and Times of Bony's Man 2008 single work biography ; Up and Down Australia : Short Stories 2008 selected work short story ; Up and Down Australia Again : More Short Stories 2009 selected work short story ; Up and Down the Real Australia : Autobiographical Articles and The Murchison Murders 2009 selected work autobiography non-fiction ; Gripped by Drought 1932 single work novel ; Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte: His Life and Times 2010 single work criticism ; When Bony Was There : A Chronology of the Life and Career of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte 2010 single work criticism ; A Royal Abduction 1932 single work novel -
Upfield's New Novel : Drought in N.S.W.
1932
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily News , 12 November vol. 51 no. 17,994 1932; (p. 9)
— Review of Gripped by Drought 1932 single work novel
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Upfield's New Novel : Drought in N.S.W.
1932
single work
review
— Appears in: The Daily News , 12 November vol. 51 no. 17,994 1932; (p. 9)
— Review of Gripped by Drought 1932 single work novel -
Arthur W. Upfield Retrospective
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 1 no. 2 2012; (p. 269-273)
— Review of The Bony Bulletin 1981-1990 periodical (3 issues); The Beach of Atonement 1930 single work novel ; Arthur W. Upfield : Life and Times of Bony's Man 2008 single work biography ; Up and Down Australia : Short Stories 2008 selected work short story ; Up and Down Australia Again : More Short Stories 2009 selected work short story ; Up and Down the Real Australia : Autobiographical Articles and The Murchison Murders 2009 selected work autobiography non-fiction ; Gripped by Drought 1932 single work novel ; Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte: His Life and Times 2010 single work criticism ; When Bony Was There : A Chronology of the Life and Career of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte 2010 single work criticism ; A Royal Abduction 1932 single work novel
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