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Loading... The Drovers (original 2010; edition 2010)by Evan McHugh
Work InformationThe Drovers by Evan McHugh (2010)
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'For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know.' From the High Country to the Outback, there are extraordinary stories of the men and women who have travelled across Australia behind mobs of cattle, sheep and horses. These quiet achievers, of every race and creed, forged an Australian legend. Evan McHugh brings alive the hapless convicts attempting to round up the First Fleet's escaped cattle on foot; overlanders blazing through trackless wilderness to supply the vast stations carved from the bush; stockmen who risked blizzards to bring cattle to alpine pastures; and drovers who crossed the continent behind the largest mobs of cattle the world has ever seen. These stories overflow with colourful characters- cattle-duffers like Harry Redford, renowned boss drovers like Nat Buchanan and strong women like Edna Zigenbine and Red Jack, who could measure up to any man. They lived a life most of us only dream about and came to love the beauty of Australia's most famous and infamous stock routes, including the Birdsville, Murranji and Strzelecki tracks, and the Canning stock route. McHugh's meticulous research and vivid eye for detail is the closest you'll get to saddling up your moke and poking a mob of cattle off camp. PRAISE FOR EVAN McHUGH 'McHugh tells the stories of these great achievers simply and without romantic or other embellishment, which is how these characters would have wanted it.' - COURIER-MAIL No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)636.213092Technology Agriculture & related technologies Animal husbandry Cattle; Greater ruminants Uses Beef CattleLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |