The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: The Classic Novel of an Aboriginal Torn Apart
Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney Australia in 1935. He studied for the Catholic priesthood before he abandoned this vocation in 1960 and took up school teaching and writing. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction includingShindlers Arkwhich won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was made into the successful filmSchindler's List.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.