The Last Tasmanian

ISBN: 0864923171

Author: Curtis, Herb

Condition: New

Review"Quite simply, this is a wonderful book. It has everything that anyone in search of a splendid read could possibly want." - Books in Canada"Curtis's writing is confident, filled with startling images and witty, incisive stabs at Canadian issues." - Toronto StarProduct DescriptionWinner, Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction AwardShortlisted, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Canada and the CaribbeanThe Last Tasmanian has reaped more national and international recognition than any other novel by Herb Curtis. First published in 1991, it has remained in print continuously in its original edition and later in The Brennen Siding Trilogy. Now it's available again as a separate volume in the GLE Library Series.Brennen Siding, a hamlet on a small tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew - Shadrack Nash and his friend Dryfly Ramsey; Dry's mother, the homely, destitute Shirley, and Nutbeam, the big-eared hermit she marries; the American sports who come to the Cabbage Island Salmon Club to fish; and, above all, Hilda Porter, the elderly schoolteacher who treasures the story of Trucanini, the last Tasmanian on earth. Hilda herself is the last of the Porters, and, amid the invasion of TV, Elvis, and rich Americans, Shad and Dry may be the last true natives of Brennen Siding.From the Inside FlapBrennen Siding, a hamlet on a tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew -- teenagers Shadrack Nash and Dryfly Ramsey and their families, friends, and neighbours. Hilda Porter, Shad's elderly employer, treasures the story of Trucanini, the last Tasmanian, while the invasion of TV, Elvis, and rich American salmon fishermen influences everything, including Shad and Dry's escapades. Are they, like Hilda and Trucanini, the last of their kind?The Last Tasmanian is the second volume in the humorous yet poignant Brennen Siding Trilogy.From the Back CoverBrennen Siding, a hamlet on a tributary of the famous Miramichi River, is home to an unforgettable crew - teenagers Shadrack Nash and Dryfly Ramsey and their families, friends, and neighbours. Hilda Porter, Shad's elderly employer, treasures the story of Trucanini, the last Tasmanian, while the invasion of TV, Elvis, and rich American salmon fishermen influences everything, including Shad and Dry's escapades. Are they, like Hilda and Trucanini, the last of their kind?The Last Tasmanian is the second volume in the humorous yet poignant Brennen Siding Trilogy.About the AuthorHerb Curtis was raised near Blackville, on the Miramichi, and now lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. His collection of short fiction, Luther Corhern's Salmon Camp Chronicles (1999), was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award. The Last Tasmanian (1991, 2001), one of four novels, garnered the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and was a regional finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.