All the Proud Tribesmen (1959) is a children's novel by Australian author Kylie Tennant, illustrated by Clem Seale. The book won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1960."Kylie Tennant Wins Book of the Year Award", The Canberra Times, 11 July 1960, p3
Book summary
The book tells the story of a 12-year-old boy from an imaginary island in the Torres Strait and of a volcanic disaster that drives the local fishing and pearl-diving population to migrate to a neighbouring island.
Critical reception
E.B. in The Canberra Times was brief: "Written for children Miss Tennant's new work of fiction is an intelligent story of the missionary stage of the changing pattern of social living for the island people of our near north.""Modern Books for Children" by G.W.H., The Canberra Times, 9 April 1960, p13
As was the reviewer in Kirkus Reviews: "Kylie Tennant tells a good story and enriches it with a vivid picture of the islands and the men who inhabit them.""All the Proud Tribesmen by Kylie Tenant", Kirkus Reviews, 27 May 1960
See also
1959 in Australian literature 1960 in Australian literature
External links All the Proud Tribesmen at the Open Library
References