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Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.Midnite: the story of a wild colonial boy is set in Australia in the mid-nineteenth century and recounts the adventures of a “rather stupid,” good natured seventeen year old boy, who orphaned with the death of his father, takes the advice of Khat, a talking Siamese cat, who suggests that he become a famous bushranger, by stealing horses and cattle and robbing coaches. The boy calls himself Captain Midnite and forms a gang consisting of the animals about the house; Khat, who is “the brains”; Dora, “a rather silly cow, who was not nearly so young as she thought she was”; Red Ned, a noble horse; Gyp, a sheepdog; and Major, an irritable crafty cockatoo. The book is made up of Midnite’s adventures, which land him in jail numerous times and involve him in romance, exploration, a discovery of gold, even an audience with Queen Victoria. Like so many good children’s books, Midnite also offers a satirical, humorous read for adults as Stow laughs at many aspects of Australian life which he has elsewhere treated very seriously. #0421
Hardcover in Dustjacket
Near Fine
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