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The Dig Tree: A True Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontier
de Murgatroyd, Sarah
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0767908287
- ISBN 13
- 9780767908283
- Librería
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Batavia, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Broadway, 2002-09-10. First edition, Complete Numbers . Hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.
Sinopsis
The harrowing true story of the Burke and Willis expedition team who took on the Australian wilds 150 years ago--and lost.They departed Melbourne's Royal Park in the summer of 1860, a misfit party of eighteen amateur explorers cheered on by thousands of well-wishers. Their mission: to chart a course across the vast unmapped interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the northern coast. Months later, only one man returned alive--with tales of heroism, hardships, and lost opportunities that were by turns terrifying and darkly comic.Drawing its title from one of the few remaining traces of the expedition, The Dig Tree combines the danger of Sebastian Junger with the irony of Bill Bryson to relive the tragic journey of these completely initiated adventurers. The cast of characters includes the expeditionleader; a reckless, charming Irish policeman known for getting lost on his way home from the pub; an eccentric nature enthusiast from Germany; an alcoholic camel handler; and a rogue American horse-breaker who is just in it for the money. For nine harrowing months, their quest for glory shifts from idiocy to perseverance and then inexorably toward tragedy. The nightmare culminates in a last haunting message left behind a group of desperate and dying men--the word DIG carved into what is now Australia's most famous tree.The Dig Tree follows this compelling journey through a forgotten corner of history to examine a daring expedition that came unbelievably close to success only to let it slip away.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 308647
- Título
- The Dig Tree: A True Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontier
- Autor
- Murgatroyd, Sarah
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Edición
- First edition, Complete Numbers
- ISBN 10
- 0767908287
- ISBN 13
- 9780767908283
- Editorial
- Broadway
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002-09-10
Términos de venta
Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
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Sobre el vendedor
Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Batavia, Illinois
Sobre Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller was established in 1987 offering collectible and out of print books. We offer a full line of general stock with an emphasis on Americana, Children & Juvenile, Juvenile Series and Military. We are careful in describing the condition of the book and the dust jacket. All dust jackets are protected with mylar covers. All books are subject to prior sale. Member of Midwest Book Hunters.
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