Try Anything Once (book)
Try Anything Once: The Autobiography of a Wanderer is a 1933 Australian autobiography by Frank Clune. It was his first published book and sold well, launching his career. He followed it with a series of similar travel books.[1][2]
The Bulletin said "It supplies a pitilessly realistic picture of a human pest; one who is restless, inquisitive, in love with life, interested in everything, the bane of all in authority; a dry humorist, as senselessly malignant as a child, as quick-thinking as a good criminal defender, as combative and courageous as a bull-ant."[3]
Clune later had a show on ABC radio in 1939 called Try Anything Once.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Julian Croft, 'Clune, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1893–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clune-francis-patrick-frank-9769/text17263, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 26 March 2024.
- ^ "THE FRANK AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WANDERER". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 22, no. 1, 100. South Australia. 24 June 1933. p. 4 (Magazine Section). Retrieved 26 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Portrait of a Rebel", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 12 July 1933, nla.obj-610805809, retrieved 26 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Adventure And Travel Talks", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 4 October 1939, nla.obj-726351263, retrieved 26 March 2024 – via Trove