Cooper's Creek - Hardcover

Moorehead, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885283237 ISBN 13: 9781885283238

Publisher: Adventure Library, 2001

Synopsis

The first fully documented story of the strange drama - familiar to every Australian child - that took place in the remote interior of Australia 150 years ago. More than any other incident in Australia's history the story of Burke, the dashing but inexperienced expedition leader and Wills, his heroic second-in-command, evokes the memory of the early settlers and the seemingly insurmountable odds they sought to overcome. From the days the expedition set off from the rich, gold-rush town of Melbourne through the triumphant crossing of the continent to the heartbreaking return to base camp at Cooper's Creek, this is an epic adventure in the grand manner told by a master.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne in 1910. He came to England in 1937, an made a world-wide reputation as a journalist and war correspondent, and since the war, as the writer of a remarkable series of vivid reconstructions of historical events.

About this edition

• Publisher: Adventure Library
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1885283237
• ISBN 13: 9781885283238
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 225