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Mary Martin, a double life : Australia--India, 1915-1973 / Julie Lewis.

Title
Mary Martin, a double life : Australia--India, 1915-1973 / Julie Lewis.
Author
Lewis, Julie, 1925-
Publication
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA by International Specialized Book Services, 1997.

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Description
xii, 289 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Mary Martin is best known for the bookshops that still bear her name. In postwar Adelaide, at a time when modernism was beginning to influence Australian art and literature, her bookshop became a gathering place for intellectuals and radicals attracted by her unconventional views, her warm manner and her freshly brewed coffee. In the 1960s Mary Martin began a new life in India, determined to encourage an intellectual and artistic awareness between Eastern and Western cultures. She worked with the charismatic Dr. Narasimhan among the tribespeople of the Nilgiri Hills while supporting herself and her staff through her international bookselling operation.
Subject
  • Martin, Mary, 1915-1973
  • Booksellers and bookselling > Australia > South Australia > Biography
  • Volunteer workers in medical care > India > Nīlgiri (District) > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-284) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0702227250
LCCN
^^^98146131^
OCLC
  • 37202369
  • SCSB-12696316
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library