They called me the wildman
Subtitle: the prison diary of Henricke Nelsen
By: Robert Hollingworth.
Publisher: Pier 9
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781741960679
Subjects: Nelsen, Henricke, -- d. 1890? -- Fiction.; Naturalists -- Fiction.; Tallarook (Vic.) -- Description and travel -- Fiction.; Tallarook Region (Vic.) -- Description and travel -- Fiction.; Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Historian and artist Robert Hollingworth's captivating reconstruction of Swedish-born naturalist Heinricke Nelsen's solitary life on a mountain in Victoria's Tallarook Ranges in the 1860s is written in the form of a prison diary. No imaginary work could arrange a better cast of characters than this meticulously researched story. Nelsen's personal reflections interweave with fascinating and engrossing depictions of life in Australia in the early to mid 1800s, allowing the reader insights into issues early white settlement of race, class, land development, commerce and trade, the law and living conditions in general." -- Provided by publisher.