Footloose in Australia
by Adam-Smith, Patsy
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- Paperback
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About This Item
Rigby, Australia: Seal Books, 1977. Mass Market Paperback. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very rare book. Collectible. In this book, Patsy Adam-Smith writes in her usual vivid and fast-paced style about Australia and the Australians from Tasmania to Darwin. It is a book which has something for everyone. The dramatic story of her experiences during the Great Fire of Hobart contrasts with a sea-picture about her years in a coastal vessel. She writes of oddities like the bottle-tree and stones which explode at night; of people like the pearl-diver who loved Scotch, and Italians building roads through the outback; of wilderness country as different as the Tasmanian mountains, the inland deserts, and the Gulf area; of the taste of camel meat, the tricks of a drover's trade, and the town that should be dead but is still alive. She has travelled around Australia by train, by foot through the mountains, and over thousands of miles of every kind of road in many types of vehicles. Wherever she went she found something different, and in this book she tells of her adventures and of the stories she heard about Australia past and present. Patsy Adam-Smith has become one of Australia's best-known writers. 180 pages..
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- Title
- Footloose in Australia
- Author
- Adam-Smith, Patsy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Rigby, Australia: Seal Books, 1977
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIA TRAVEL & STORIES TRAVEL, AUSTRALIA, BIOGRAPHY COLLECTIBLE 0727002724 AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE
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