The Little Digger: A Biography of Billy Hughes – Donald Horne

Author: Donald Horne
Publisher: Macmillan, Melbourne
Year: 1983
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780725104153

Description

The Little Digger is Donald Horne’s biography of William Morris “Billy” Hughes, one of Australia’s most colourful and enduring political figures. Hughes served as Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923 and remained a prominent force in federal politics for decades.

Horne examines Hughes’s remarkable political career, distinctive personality and influence on Australian public life, offering an engaging account of a complex figure whose career spanned some of the most significant events in Australia’s early Commonwealth history.

Condition

Very good. Very light signs of previous ownership or handling. Inscribed by a gift giver on the title page. Otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy.

Why You’ll Love It

An excellent addition for collectors and readers interested in Australian political history, prime ministers, biography and twentieth-century Australian history.