Chasing The Rainbow: EW Cole and the Bourke Street Book Arcade by Lisa Lang

Description Pass beneath the painted rainbow and enter a world of a million books, where bright parrots flash through the fernery, and monkeys swing from the rafters. This is Marvellous Melbourne, the home of E.W. Cole and his famous Book Arcade. Lisa Lang introduces us to Melbourne’s most eccentric entrepreneur, from his humble beginnings selling cordial on the Victorian goldfields to the establishment of the world’s largest bookstore and the publication of the iconic and enduring Cole’s Funny Picture Book. Rediscover the quirky pictures that delighted generations, meet the man behind a million rainbows – passionate advocate for education, staunch idealist, retailer extraordinaire and Melbourne’s own utopian. Specifications: Publisher: Arcade Publications Year: 2024 (first published 2007) Format: Paperback Pages: 89pp ISBN: 9780980436709 Other titles in this series: Making Modern Melbourne: From Illegal Village to Marvellous Metropolis by Jenny Lee Madame Brussels: Meet Marvellous Melbourne’s ‘Queen of Harlotry’ by LM Robinson MacRobertsonland: Melbourne Chocolate Entrepreneur Macpherson Robertson by Jill Robertson Melbourne Remade: The Gentrification of the City CBD by Seamus O’Hanlon A Forger’s Tale: The Extraordinary Story of Henry Savery, Australia’s First Novelist by Rod Howard The Hanging of Minnie Thwaites: Ballad of the Brunswick Baby Killer by Judith Rodriguez A Walking Shadow: The Remarkable Double Life of Edward Oxford by Jenny Sinclair Composite City: Arcade Almanac 2024 by Assorted Authors