Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water
Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water is a collection of essays by H. G. Wells written in 1939, detailing his travels in Australia.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It is best known for the following description:
A bush fire is not an orderly invader, but a guerrilla. It advances by rushes, by little venomous tongues of fire in the grass; it spreads by sparks burning leaves and bark. Its front is miles deep. It is here, it is there, like a swarm of venomous wasps. It shams dead and stabs you in the back. It encircles you so that there is no sure line of flight for its intended victims. It destroys bridges in your rear. It bars the road with blazing trees.
References
[edit]- ^ Roberts, Adam (23 November 2019). "Later Non-fiction". H G Wells: A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 383. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26421-5. ISBN 978-3-030-26421-5.
- ^ "Books to own". The Hopewell News. Hopewell, Virginia. 26 March 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thompson, Ralph (19 February 1940). "Books of the Times". The New York Times. p. 15. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "H. G. Wells—a radical who still weeps with the angels". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Hot Water' Booklet H. G. Wells Shocker". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 10 February 1940. p. 17. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""In Search of Hot Water": Wells' Book Entertaining, But Ignores Banking". The Worker: Monthly Journal of the Associated Workers of Queensland. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 30 April 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "H. G. Wells Plunges Deep Into Hot Water". Daily News. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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