The Iron Woman

Author: Ted Hughes

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Price : $11.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780571314782
Publisher : Faber Faber
Imprint : Faber Faber
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Weight (g) : 0.1
Publication date : August 2014
Dimensions : 180mm X 135mm X 10mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Ted Hughes
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Illustrator : Andrew Davidson
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Dewey classification : 823.914
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Mankind has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge. Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction. She needs help. Who better to call on but Hogarth and the Iron Man...? A sequel and companion volume to Ted Hughes' The Iron Man, this new, child-friendly setting will be treasured by a new generation of readers.

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A beautiful new gift edition of the sequel to The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, with the stunning original wood engravings from Andrew Davidson.

Author description

Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was born in Yorkshire. His first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published in 1957 by Faber & Faber and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Whitbread Book of the Year for two consecutive years for his last published collections of poetry, Tales from Ovid (1997) and Birthday Letters (1998). He was Poet Laureate from 1984, and in 1998 he was appointed to the Order of Merit.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.