Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
Ebook470 pages9 hours

Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation . . . and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead.

As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign.

With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead’s story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography.

Winner of the 2017 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards and the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Longlisted in the 2016 Walkley Book Awards


‘[McCamish] succeeds beautifully: Our Man Elsewhere is crammed with anecdote and shrewd observation, with the kind of detail and ruminative digression that conventional biographers might consider trivial or irrelevant … [it] is such a good book that I’m hard put to find anything wrong with it.’ —Inside Story

‘This is one of those rare biographies that will keep you transfixed right to the very last pages, even though in this instance, they are scorchingly sad.’ —Country Style

‘McCamish’s triumph is to apply Moorehead’s own relentless curiosity to his subject, and add a modern prism to the man and his work. McCamish’s writing is elegant, frosted in fresh insights … marvellous.’ —Herald Sun

‘A detailed, involving and very readable look at the life of a flawed man with a large appetite for life.’ —Books+Publishing

‘Full-hearted, free-striding – this is a book that sings.’ —Helen Garner
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 1, 2017
ISBN9781925203110
Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead
Author

Thornton McCamish

Thornton McCamish is a freelance journalist and writer. He was editor of the Big Issue (Australia) magazine from 1996 to 1999. His book Supercargo: A Journey Among Ports (2002) was published by Lonely Planet. Thornton received a 2013 Merlyn Myer Biography stipend to write Our Man Elsewhere - awarded on the strength of his outstanding proposal.

Related to Our Man Elsewhere

Related ebooks

Modern History For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Our Man Elsewhere

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Our Man Elsewhere - Thornton McCamish

    |`book_preview_excerpt.html}ےF`ߤj^DJ$e-%$ކM Df @@T2}[5?/Y?=*vC .ݏ;~x70|UڕWE[}kt}h"nnsav[ūJ׾.{ib[11/ϊw_g0.} }Zc\-1^ elW_g;a}ǿ.FfQܻsaz. ]^Wοy7 X}q}+nBcunyU9{N=_qcl}j*}*1:f'׮.0fUdۡ hj& d7^.|˱m(WIsWEc,eEeWr2I0bdYwel|^~8=ZzI H^|ѵOwy p}4mA-t0.9x?y.7iVºwE]L$' PlN\X~/c#rǧ(*t[j}{-ڹZYT|չ~ރ{w߽{/VӪ_>~G{?tre1䅓K~S/+-O~2@H㿼ηwN*(^T~bΏW" Y1 8B˞Xvov; >o(=ţ }\SZ/>NNXy*^ߞ~Bz@q{7I>óo.߈O/Uw߼{w~ͳJ޳?~~~8V?/gn|xw^yqW?ß| #xq7yVpᓗn}Sg}o_ߜ;/Ϟ|-v^pVmE +rSYm /쬄} N?݅O_G/zW*~IQ_N]c*-pnIZ%2('C]By$>ݺ> E(5abD@b>@ňD)!;\}ǩ!ʇbnkA#cozsgN xwVdb&.42>zXc5,81_OͦdSi=K*QF lz6c@pgKWB6_NA ؼZyXldq #w )0ȊVvFn ʋm7qju!2v\?"Pxw\>ad+|$(늍2H5G սX.`=G-++@qz(C)UA76y~_콿}g/6ǔ74 Ex$7y(rs*sӻ-t  $>OÄ(:@8XTNT Ȥy/%xRu43=f׌;$Sn _8KYEе u @+b=l\.<xAb(UT]/8[Uv:t\ߧq5a6PN5F.DGqы f4 oPb\B]_WlV hԽaK65i,TUGF *╟e2N!>d vnP%c=Ø"i|b>^Q v嫫~jdakCV,??'^4&*Qy\l>c DyTV@#T~Ѓ=+@/C:["KzPdKLku]ϦU-iEhGzEldaWX NPѐeBEF2D˭ie[$r9*U%I~;vckު41Wbe!E{YYÈө;Xmޜ@[=䧓"nȓE#^UL '»)GD=OUՃǠ19*Eihgqtj[tڨ5AXG/K s:C7 ǿe,K%ZRHͩYYyjo#,gG!@Ŧ>0\B3kGY)\؍oY604ca χG U+6W|H>saR X_SL,#QY%2GQ}Oa.<d5=e32&(RST0ŵԉp^8Wj%rŏ,Uq kՔF_ y'nE)#$XMı ݢڲD=Òav.Zӧ,<2AU󉃫"=2 \oQ W*$t` :pH7;рW^o$4o ip(?BCtqZ%CIiY`>m:ⳬ|VV{hg"fyL,lw,(V1BzzXTeKR *~'6Lk'xL,"5IpeZݵ2c+G^=7hHD{k9[Ncuv.e~Bϲ-K8ͦFʝ^2ߓfPeV׻ʁ^!כ҈57nJ*Y>l.Wb'@7;Uu7HL}X62F40+ 0DeF(A@2خ#Zlw2r1 qqiM=ŵ@\ yВG@[Q +j0GA)=R_ ƉDBQ8M!aFM 1\+n.J! VE D؏q B+LN\1L`7g*k/PY(7LȟE6vA[Kgl3BՅA-H<e6XO㛂܈0/amETmIGD3Ye;"yˮfMtR0M?c~A$eT ?"Ԅ]sRCWb`'I_&M߿2g1YW+W]eO6Ɂ-N1M#{ݯNM,Oe]1gF)MɐgG ,O( A#.Q`#yS#'w6i (0$&O3GBb9Q- 3t#O8k.r/#e(  u%plf2L+Wi_zb([HpĂҡJ*Wzh}X5>Gdu$R'wG_|J\7}9(ȬַH8: b$q&ҕ]^c@e> Wzf!*0%fRqլ*C)ܲ<fM]T@J2B/s’72N7 ՠ@ "|z 8 tð&1ʩ0>$I`04rV1 OE 卫/\1b^؇.aE!3jD#ȈŅ rO.|c 1=yerֽi'8)ζ(-Md+V_FQUVbjp"i3Uؒg$  8&,䳖/c݇jktߦR9j8Pߐ3P]ks83ض6oA LJ[k;Jq6G@9""9h_8S3S @kM-B- ~JR:o͕;7*#kcrӅzDD7CR;#30`5(̕IoM;ž̈:DMug䟅u1ޅNES%co@w>2sySl9FȟyUaH<|*G >X 4#+`B|'X%yWb-2_ S` 9c >&Ѳ8ȉ͗0u0;"bwGPn<1T%CDOqA?%q&%F}@]7TL BoS4]%QEcDOWkqC3p-O.@jƣLbfdQm\~Ԁu* AF.P v ^ 3@zL ]t( О˅\&j2 ky84[q1*]};'&iLx<#y3u!BEC^4710gCpѷwnMN$ 2 DMY*Ż%qG7;: co{Q(߆ r6Nm<==a ߬k թ'U[;x1Q; w`=KޚFOvrj\g@ÀM.tfoG/c"wK[=1`Q3OmOQ/N4 <ҟ({H@S (v .p2J%(e.9 DQB;%[l`"IvB9@ CjR`Ar*ߊg3D?fauL$Lgd{asB`7Y8 əVDN(c [)3 fFf6TtbKAG*)0,&L8fF{kv䦈( ;Ďf<#R \\a9i.7sUaxfy%BEf;͊ͩ"UlyVPr[\;($>PœoX&lg?^əWTּ1LS?f #߮*JwCkl# Ƃ "N)}\Q.Q̺ 'w(l H"r9ϦJyLj'ƕ*ĵlL9DuFVԵQQɗ(j߄}i8 di2K&K̟o"V‰*li~kJ8\Liߦ/<&ӼwSƣg@Va3c@A::b3WX:FQNىRl8)OPYChRT\ FPhW{cKF<ɭEOBQPsym-/S?N" ^,2{rV(QfQ5nE/D, WGy&9(i*<[`!9h]鐱,d,ww'{PT(,ȏe–ߵZKeť$'|k:HYAoۿ~fQȃlR'j vV/+D$d2U{ۂ]r8*UZ'zev3~-`I :)_օa !*gؕƩdL2A ߔpjFr'*DzJNqZ*BюV)2i]Va٪27V//rc9`qJciuv= +ddvE_ѡQ7gfg6f/y VMO$ O;+9j [ʜ֢u$C|&CIrO]$CPd%)n&60t/Yu m}}L 3j!ܙ /y'!DEYC_o̔D]  U,`Leqˢ< A3*>'ٖ;$eUO9z*LV|i&*(0bf1& 7>mbDW$DgKz0Fk0gJZD!KWoNHg z?1^ͧ1Űrѣ;* oLzOP<~,Zv',Ȧ5Yr,z|EfP3=ºYw̝E?.E Wm9q8W9 :ZH\:s4qb-NݔreFp)⾂HF:O|e"N}*5[BC R0SYh1-<XE^(6ʰq bb0rSaW7 } 5D%qZ  6bW"aTgcw! K6N6ԎD% G~\7/{ ıuNgeF˟'ݳ•gGecC4ٳOM񓀼_d.h@ԙ,]9Nw,uXdY\ºc)zdPm'߭TVXbW~EG6'w{> S[B>Y*%#-6FPh$7⏣)`h"/A|f}IxhzM7iGc'Op:_ jdp>eW(2AnUrmD}hTPmb؄LE0X7be{вc4.xr^,IԨo71PՙV.LK})ů@RfTjΊy8b  ŧCL JM^]dY֗Cĺq6k1\^m=fQD#6k,L0`iٻ5R$ ctC'9Ԭgg@rQDTiaHn5FW^!*qkWw\s"{oF])FxxHo&IW)Wk.&vթi,1Mb)5VB3Y %68'%ʭX8Jމ"@|Ly2w< 1{ +4~=@x6J%O6+Ӯ\\{57x9W/G @&v/9D,դĈ{:q/hgn_`i !(_Ak ɔl`v&Lўiw3_1xC9gHKNQô#c?ÓJZΧedT]=X1+⨤i;\I0>44kX^*'mbhԕ9!qX^xQ~Y$\gLyfS)up#)mN4zpC.gz_ /˸mÐcˢۏ|LyUԫ D:m":~5X \v}<4B썸 }:ֳ&GL{5ya eCJ$ {qj;=Ki7P_h) y(֛H,nKE/ZI!%W)ad$dw_'wU -d DItm4>ESY1HiSOV~C % РmH\6h7VGt([USΡVH1m*TЖ| ‰JD`}HXlѢZNu怫R?"Su au#]. K{ ŔX7vFhr)]GV$_8ش uS̴>3 Rjfč@XHd4P$u D$Ó]Vث@9MLo$NX(b\փj'8r>"=yպ \AA-S[ e34FtZ%ek6Mژ';~n=$-T D20=Q.ܪ@.IHO#n-xBS剨9;?s󀩹E{-'HVL}*,-('iK_خ+%c3V( |ߢf4wJJ"K(-Z2ƌf|%9j;#7 -,wsDoЎxPB{e=Ikk3Z3Ueb͜6[,4T]Y>mCM`;RChT*B?Iڬ GL,5Nmfٓ[ĺM8D}^_4__ Zo; l5kgU4eEQzF78bZvCU x^R;=NnּmilN,'@Z"#PKcEPl9(z- 1/>2APsܬʕqК#0T[kE ڮЂH]MM󁘒d||ۘn@-kٗJ0h5 *NO3=Kr]&b zBbTK4'ǩ@˟= yiLqDPcjPzAƑ)wq2I Ɉ\0%ZmNW rѻ5WȖ%6 V'TWgቡ.E l kC횘l" $"io}ƍvOt.lb) #Yw[y"f!e7#HB#pWX2%FUx2dvlkiHшOqJUt W)l"`X?6V[rfEȇ֓ٱ\f;*^5lioטA[|@H 겂"_ǵgdC]#2q `M@%Bu"7'd^8ZPL@ tbQeF 3̏Хt5T| 6y{`˾&Dj O)wrؚV|s-?,Wr-#C7ntKde,߰gqou)'6zfxL2oY3CL.O+INZfިE{]uF:ѱV{֛ROVCD_`*~ZwH@ L3 QE3j1i&YXxCDR?=[csTuz֓|(8Vqhaۋ >98VF\&UZM. ωiDf-x@0f6OG"ahр>?gPթvlhЄ8anKשѣ5T}M 3Zjx&#B{ke)P퍵֘\%beڸʍYSt 0'εf DT.jDZ\NAS՘ˈ b>.+3ݴeo=RW瞞qdSimSM%nM4{-ݎ큫UL CNPUa.ƥ?QICBkEkI'yn;t$AcF`HRk;"'K*3|;UY/SaNN>. 3[3`n"Q7usAFy0x!ڻnj8(R)0i ;dCIK!v 8@u2!'񁜣 Zd8Sk" Z):aKoxcr |&zS24ٵ`Qte60ثdBkB5le>5A ݝtLlZM7+YYgO 1Վ(\m蕊%Cg܏ Ŵ:67s\R\ 0 Uț[K6#z2{y~YY (5'i|OOZu|Hċlw[5˔bg{ m$KZv~R%=76ZԚBc @ʯİ`4|fE0ܱV+MnUXo[4ǖhȀN$6nU ڊ>:A=c\q[]ץzanAs'[eڄO ԙ"OZDkV1h9&+jG6`A[»X{J5AU*9-mqDZ>e*,nȥm8C9el}c1VAjCvcA>ق*DyCȟB]&1Y8/A2}gY1:;2p3/|V$Yf.%7Tr$X,ՉOGh.|b o+Vc-UFkV\cCvw,Q W!ALc8[@ :4cz+HᅥSZS#kg-i jӒzs4ns #!bwYFԵZ+qY c2eu(w[닗8v?GdPz@P=ߺNmo3M ˌ8R mM Vx8iTate:FK3i Io1|G\jc{ AmIUrZco]&'_;WHm h\^ߞ(\+\Wbﵝ9fdͺN0K, !OueAOtnkC(Ѵ0[# fO)VP)a/5M#l31AhxJ]鴙r !c=j58[~RV,4=4AvY6c'{ZA;wY*D]ߍMS䡕sަӹ|9LJX\EN5Gv(.KBX8()ITU҄&zZݯa٫_8`ix](K<5;t@L9)Rovo_U{EH@m|.&_V7cMЫuj0g$˂ghR-cZJa,p1[; W_:j~eU^!qV|FkԚqx1'['q"b0Noܰ݅=5stw*Iy;&4H8ifC ,rFl:ZL05p4XVx}MX%NXǹ7߽G$޳UӰ4@T .[5}ܬ6G<٠? ' waS?]|Td* \iG'Sn$.2Ek=Պ]g4MѰ[*t-\$?NmQow13;w0_k꽽R"Zg fF"< TI6@gy9D@(қo'FBşVhhܜJC& %-98>H*.ubRJ7z5€6LbS'/ƐK*)KG6hVZ&Ϊ@d8=]:d{7.)Ɯd$=eL.fX,؈Ktu*Ía~#\|w P\FOל"믵KU*9l?ޗ-wyH:P!|Mw/S*~vB5,L,L@*Q}4K= |ge.+iӇĔEg)[1S((QƠ_m ;'Hߊy:ǸkWUc(L<R옊Y_}2wȭ܌8KjK"`gw_@!a4}y^ӕvl 1q[_Ȏ0I\1@a4fU~uǡ̗lnH y}=Nj5&2|k7*r
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1