John Gordon Morrison

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John Gordon Morrison


Born
in Sunderland, The United Kingdom
January 29, 1904

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John Gordon Morrison (1904-1998). "Australian writer, born in Sunderland, England; he settled in Australia in 1923. He has been a jackeroo, swagman, dock worker, and gardener. He published stories in Meanjin and Overland, about fellow workers, union activities, the people he met on the tram to work, and social conditions. Morrison published two novels, The Creeping City (1947) and Port of Call (1949), and several collections of stories, including Sailors Belong Ships (1947), Black Cargo (1955), Twenty-Three (1962), North Wind (1982), Stories of the Waterfront (1984), and This Freedom (1985). His style and technique can be described as Australian social realism with polished devices derived from European realist story writers. Stories such a ...more

Average rating: 3.74 · 88 ratings · 13 reviews · 14 distinct works
Stories of the Waterfront

3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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This Freedom

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions
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North Wind

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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Selected Stories

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The Happy Warrior

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990
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The Nightshift

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1944
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View From The Bridge

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001
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The Creeping City

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Port of Call

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1950
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Australian By Choice

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“I don't know why I bother arguing with anybody sometimes, it never changes a damn thing.”
John Morrison

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