The Dig Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Ill-fated Burke and Wills 1860 Expedition - Brossura

Murgatroyd, Sarah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747562989 ISBN 13: 9780747562986

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003

Riassunto

In 1860, Australia remained the truly dark continent. Although there were European settlements in its south, much of the north remained unknown and dangerous. But things were changing. On 20th August, 1860, The Victorian Exploring Expedition left Melbourne to make the journey into the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northern coast. The expedition was headed by an Irish policeman called Robert O' Hara Burke - a charmer, gambler, and a man infamous for taking long baths in his back garden. Burke and his team of eighteen men made a confident start. After leaving most of the group behind in Cooper Creek (in central Australia), three of the party, including Burke, reached the Carpentaria. They were the first ever to do so. But the journey back was riddled with mishap and bad luck. By the time the three had returned to Cooper Creek, exhausted and starving, they discovered that the rest of the party had retreated, leaving behind only a carved message on a coolibah tree. The "Dig Tree" is the tale of this tragic expedition. Sarah Murgatroyd brings the story vividly alive - the political events in the background, the colourful characters, the spectacular and, often, unforgiving landscape, and the awful desperation of the final days. It is an intelligent, evocative and above all, utterly gripping book.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0747562989
• ISBN 13: 9780747562986
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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