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The Wild North

  • ISBN-13: 9781923205826
  • Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
    Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
  • By Ion Idriess
  • Price: AUD $29.95
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/07/2025
  • Format: Paperback (230.00mm X 156.00mm) 167 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Autobiography: general [BGA]
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In these pages Ion Idriess has brought together stories gathered and lived in his happy battling years in the wild lands of Australia's Far North and the islands beyond. Stories of gold and pearls, of land and cattle, of the search for wealth in dangerous and lonely places. Stories of un­tamed men and women, white and brown and black, of primitive passions unleashed far beyond the curb of law and order, of bravery and hope and grim determination, of the strange powers of the mind, of human comedy and tragedy. Together they picture a life of colour and adven­ture that with the development of the continent is rapidly passing away.
Ion Idriess (1889—1979) is one of Australia's best-loved writers, with fifty-six books to his credit and millions of copies sold. When he returned from the First World War he wrote The Desert Column, about his experiences with the 5th Light Horse. Prospecting for Gold was his first major successful work; it immediately sold out and was reprinted constantly in the following years, as were many of his books. Idriess spent much of his life travelling throughout Australia, collecting material for his true-life stories, including Flynn of the Inland, The Red Chief and Nemarluk. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1968 for his contribution to Australian literature.
Fifth edition, now in Imprint Classics. Idriess travels across Queensland and into the Territory, with 24 maps. Still Australia's best-selling author.




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