{"product_id":"walkabout-paperback","title":"Walkabout - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Vance Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLee Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA plane crashes in the vast Northern Territory of Australia, and the only survivors are two children from Charleston, South Carolina, on their way to visit their uncle in Adelaide. Mary and her younger brother, Peter, set out on foot, lost in the vast, hot Australian outback. They are saved by a chance meeting with an unnamed Aboriginal boy on walkabout. He looks after the two strange white children and shows them how to find food and water in the wilderness, and yet, for all that, Mary is filled with distrust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the surface \u003ci\u003eWalkabout\u003c\/i\u003e is an adventure story, but darker themes lie beneath. Peter's innocent friendship with the boy met in the desert throws into relief Mary's half-adult anxieties, and the book as a whole raises questions about what is lost--and may be saved--when different worlds meet. And in reading Marshall's extraordinary evocations of the beautiful yet forbidding landscape of the Australian desert, perhaps the most striking presence of all in this small, perfect book, we realize that this tale--a deep yet disturbing story in the spirit of Adalbert Stifter's \u003ci\u003eRock Crystal\u003c\/i\u003e and Richard Hughes's \u003ci\u003eA High Wind in Jamaica\u003c\/i\u003e--is also a reckoning with the mysteriously regenerative powers of death.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Vance Marshall is the pseudonym of Donald Payne (b. 1924). Only half a dozen Marshall novels have appeared in the last fifty years but they have sold several million copies and been translated into seventeen languages. Two, including Walkabout, have been made into films. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalkabout\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of collaboration between Donald Payne and the Australian James Vance Marshall (1887-1964). Marshall spent much of his life in the outback of Australia--a part of the world he knew intimately and loved deeply. He wrote a series of articles about the people, flora, and fauna of the outback, and with his permission, Payne used these articles as background for their novel Walkabout. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubsequently, and with the consent of Marshall's son, Payne continued to publish under the pseudonym Marshall; his most recent book is Stories from the Billabong (2008), a collection of Aboriginal legends retold as stories for children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLee Siegel is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Machine: How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce--and Why It Matters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAre You Serious: How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays and reviews for many publications, including \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002, he received the National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Walkabout\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701279920191,"sku":"9781590174906","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aca5b1f8389bb793646144c8c32edbcb.webp?v=1765020024","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/walkabout-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}