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A colt runs wild in the mountains, and an unlikely rider joins a chase that tests nerve against rough country.
At Harrison’s cattle station, word spreads that a valuable colt has escaped and joined wild horses in the hills. Riders gather to bring him back, including the skilled stockman Clancy of the Overflow. But the horses have reached rough mountain country near Mount Kosciusko, where the hunt demands more than a willingness to follow.
Then a man from the Snowy River country arrives on a small horse, and the others doubt him. In The Man from Snowy River, A. B. Paterson turns this encounter into a ballad of speed, danger and nerve. Its strong beat and long, galloping lines carry you from the talk at the station toward the hard chase ahead.
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- An unlikely mountain rider Meet a newcomer whose small horse gives the gathered riders reason to doubt him.
- The wild mountain chase Follow the hunt into rough country, where a runaway colt travels with wild horses.
- A story with rhythm Feel the strong beat pull you through a story that is easy to follow.
- Life around the station Enter a world of stockmen, horses and news that brings riders together.
- Verse that gallops Discover how Paterson’s long lines give speed and movement to a short bush ballad.
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You will love this if you enjoy horses, campfire yarns, comic tall tales, the Australian outback, or poems that sound best spoken aloud.
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- Paterson turns bush talk into ringing verse
- A mountain ride that made a legend
- Racing poems celebrate grit over glamour
- Comic yarns poke fun at swindlers and swells
- Loss and longing sit beside the laughter
- Drovers, outlaws and working men take the stage
- The poems are made to be read aloud
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The Man from Snowy River
by A. B. Paterson · 1890
A slight rider on a small horse plunges down a mountain where one slip means death.
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A slight rider on a small horse plunges down a mountain where one slip means death, and the other riders watch. That is the title ballad of this collection by A.
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Paterson turns bush talk into ringing verse
A. B. Paterson, called Banjo, gathered these ballads from the Australian bush and offered them to readers across Australasia. Most first appeared in the Bulletin, a Sydney paper, and some are printed here for the first time. In a short prelude he calls them rough stories picked up on the overland routes of the west.
That plain voice is the point. The speakers are drovers, jockeys, shearers and station hands, and they talk the way such people talk, with slang, jokes and a good deal of bragging. Paterson fits their stories into beats that carry you along. The map is the country of New South Wales, from the Snowy mountains to the Castlereagh plains, with small towns like Dandaloo and Walgett.
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What is The Man from Snowy River about?
The title poem tells of a young mountain rider on a small pony who joins a hunt for a runaway colt among wild horses. He proves his skill on a steep slope where the other riders hold back.
Is The Man from Snowy River just one poem?
No. It is a collection of bush ballads by A. B. Paterson. The title poem comes first, followed by racing tales, comic yarns, poems about shearers and drovers, and a few sad or reflective pieces.
Who is Clancy of the Overflow?
Clancy is a drover and fine horseman who appears in the title poem as the one who speaks up for the young rider. He also gives his name to a separate poem in which a city clerk longs for Clancy's free life.
The author
A. B. Paterson
1864–1941 · Australian bush poet
Andrew Barton Paterson (1864–1941), known as Banjo Paterson, was an Australian poet, journalist and author. He was born near Orange, New South Wales, and later lived in Sydney. He wrote the poem The Man from Snowy River in 1890 and published a collection with that title in 1895. He died in Sydney.
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