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GRAHAM, SALLY; Editor. - A Man About Town. The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854-1864.

Title: A Man About Town. The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854-1864.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. xviii, 438; 8 b/w illustrations, family tree, references, index; original cloth, dustjacket, a fine copy. Victoria, Melbourne University Press, 1998. James Graham was one of the earliest pioneers to settle in Melbourne. He arrived in 1839 at the age of twenty and, over a period of sixty years, wrote an enormous number of lively, detailed letters which paint a vivid picture of life in the growing town.

Keywords: Australian Local Victorian History Victoria James Graham entrepreneur 1819-1898 correspondence businessmen Melbourne economic conditions biography

Price: AUD 26.00 = appr. US$ 17.99 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 95281