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'Both Australia and Arthur W. Upfield (1890-1964) matured together. At the start of the last century, Upfield emigrated to Australia as that nation was gaining independence and identity. The Gallipoli campaign changed both, and both spent the next decades in pursuit of identity, he wandering, Australia finding its own unique place among nations. Arthur W. Upfield lived a life many might envy: unsuccessful student, immigrant (1911), walker, horse breaker and camel driver, soldier, Bushman, fence rider, journalist, intelligence officer, explorer, novelist, swordfisherman, and creator of bi-racial Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, "Bony", in novels rivaling the popularity of Sherlock Holmes.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Eric, in memory.
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Epigraph: A Boy: every wind blew fair,/ A Youth: he mutinied,/ A Young Man: he wrecked the ship,/ Then he built another. - Arthur W. Upfield (From: Jessica Hawke, Follow My Dust!, 'Arthur W. Upfield: His Epitaph To Be')
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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
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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
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