The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
First edition | |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, Australia |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 178 pp |
| ISBN | 0207123756 |
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1972 Booker Prize-nominated Australian novel by Thomas Keneally, and a 1978 Australian film of the same name directed by Fred Schepisi. The novel is based on the life of bushranger Jimmy Governor, the subject of an earlier book by Frank Clune.