God's Fool: The Life and Poetry of Francis Webb

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Francis Webb is one of Australia's unsung heroes, whose life, like that of Henry Lawson and Christopher Brennan, was a creative triumph over great personal difficulties and public indifference.

Although supported by family and close friends, events led Webb to find himself amongst the downtrodden and outcast. Here, he found meaning through writing poetry of amazing religious vision and through reinterpreting Australian history as a quest for truth.

This biography, which draws heavily from hitherto unavailable letters, private papers and photographs, and follows Webb's footsteps in Australia, England and North America, makes public for the first time the life of a great Australian still awaiting recognition in his home country.