Great Australian Flood Stories Tapa blanda - 2012

ABC Books, Sydney, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 234 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Across Grantham to Condamine, Kempsey to Bullita Station, flood has devastated this wide brown land, in some instances bringing much needed relief from drought, but in many others bringing tragedy, homelessness and a fight for survival. Ian Mannix charts the pattern of floods in Australia and tells amazing stories of danger and survival, from the women trapped in a house infested with snakes as the floodwaters rose ever higher, to the helicopter rescues of people whose homes were inundated without… Leer más

ABC Books, Australia, 2012. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. 234 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: ABC Books, Australia, 2012. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: From ABC Books' Australiana range comes GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLOOD STORIES, stories of humour, survival and courage in the face of one of our country's most powerful natural forces: flood. 'I tried to follow the road but the rushing waters pushed me into a deep rut where I lost my footing and was swept away downstream in the overflow of the river ...I got very frightened at the noise, and the water swept me along ...but I kept saying to myself, "Don't panic." Hampered by the big mail bag I let it go and within seconds the water swept it out of sight.' Lyn Berlowitz, Bullita Station, Nt From ABC Local Radio Manager of Emergency Broadcasting and senior journalist Ian Mannix comes a… Leer más

ABC Books, 2012

Paperback / softback. New.

ABC Books, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.