The Great Boomerang

Stock Code:
GSCB007
Price:
$35.00

Description

The Great Boomerang by Ion L. Idriess. With 50 illustrations and 2 maps. 'This powerful book of the Dead Heart country is rich in true life stories of the hardy people who battle for a living round the fringe of this most mysterious area. This country of fierce dust storms and shimmering heat broke the hearts of our earliest explorers; its sands cover the bones of many an adventurer - "out where the dead men lie". It is a lost world, a dead world, intimidating in its desolation, its utter loneliness. Yet here in the Dead Heart were once mighty forests, great lakes; the petrified bones of dinosaur and diprotodon testify that great monsters roamed this land in days gone by. With a keen sense of drama, Ion Idriess evokes the past and describes the present; and in the stirring tales he tells of horse and cattle thieves, of folk living among the Natarannie sand hills, of true adventures that ended in tragedy - the country and its people become vividly alive.' The dust jacket has much wear with small missing chips and price clipped but now covered with protective clear plastic. The book remains tight and bright. Previous owners name or inscription on inside front page.

Details

  • Author:
    Idriess, Ion L.
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Angus & Robertson
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Minus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    GSCBbox
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    253
  • Publish Date:
    1950
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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