The World’s Rough Hand – H. Phelps Whitmarsh | Australian Memoir | Hesperian Pre

Language: English

Book Title: The World’s Rough Hand

Author: H. Phelps Whitmarsh

Topic: Memoir

The World’s Rough Hand, by H. Phelps Whitmarsh.

This is the Hesperian Press (2005) edition of Whitmarsh’s classic memoir, first published in New York in 1898, recounting his extraordinary experiences across Australia in the 1880s.

Whitmarsh arrived in Adelaide aged 21 and went on to live a remarkably varied life as a:

• sailor

• sundowner

• miner

• shepherd

• pearler and diver

• labourer and adventurer

His travels and work took him through South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia, with vivid descriptions of places including Silverton, Geraldton, Cossack, Roebourne, and the Kimberley coast. The book offers a firsthand account of colonial frontier life, pearling, maritime labour, and inland hardship, written with clarity and reflection.

A highly regarded work of Australian social and labour history, valued by collectors of Australiana, maritime history, and outback memoir.

Publication Details

• Author: H. Phelps Whitmarsh

• Publisher: Hesperian Press, Western Australia

• Year: 2005

• First published: 1898 (New York)

• Format: Softcover

• ISBN: 0 85905 336 9

• Language: English

Postage & Handling

Carefully packed to protect covers and spine.
Combined postage available — please request an invoice before payment.

Reference Location

26001