The Dig Tree: Text Classics
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| ISBN-13 |
9781459637429 |
| ISBN-10 |
1459637429 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Showing available at publisher; usually ships 7-15 working days |
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| Publisher |
ReadHowYouWant.com Ltd |
| Imprint |
ReadHowYouWant.com Ltd |
| Publication Date |
26 April 2012
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| Publication Country |
 Canada |
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| Format |
Paperback, Large Print 16 pt |
| Edition |
Large Print 16 pt |
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| Author(s) |
By Murgatroyd, Sarah |
| Category |
Australasian & Pacific history
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
Regional History |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
504 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 197mm
Height: 254mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
In 1860, an eccentric Irish police officer named Robert O'Hara Burke led a cavalcade of camels, wagons and men out of Melbourne. Accompanied by William Wills, a shy English scientist, he was prepared to risk everything to become the first European to cross the Australian continent. A few months later, an ancient coolibah tree at Cooper Creek bore a strange carving: 'Dig Under 3ft NW'. Burke, Wills and five other men were dead. The expedition had become an astonishing tragedy. Sarah Murgatroyd reveals new historical and scientific evidence to tell the story of the disaster with all its heroism and romance, its discoveries, coincidences and lost opportunities. Generously illustrated with photographs, paintings and maps, The Dig Tree is a spell - binding book. 'Sarah Murgatroyd deftly captures the foolishness, suffering and hapless heroism of one of the 19th - century's least - known, but most epic, undertakings.' Bill Bryson
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