Jackson's Track

ISBN 978-1-86478-057-4

The smartstudy® English guide to Jackson’s Track by Daryl Tonkin and Carolyn Landon is a comprehensive aid to understanding this amazing mixture of co-authorship, biography and oral history. This account of a white bushman and his love for a strong, proud Aboriginal woman, tackles many significant issues concerning Australian history and the racial divide. A treasure of a book, Jackson’s Track is vital to the process of reconciliation between white and Aboriginal Australians.

Key Features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• tips on how to use examination time efficiently
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

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