The Newcastle Packets And The Hunter Valley
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: slight lean to book with minor stains on boards.
Long before the railways tamed the Australian continent, the sea lanes between Sydney and Newcastle pulsed with the commerce and drama of a young colony finding its feet — and The Newcastle Packets and the Hunter Valley chronicles this vivid, salt-sprayed chapter of Australian history with authority and affection. J. H. M. Abbott presents a richly detailed account of the coastal packet ships that connected the Hunter Valley to the wider world, tracing the economic, social, and maritime forces that shaped one of New South Wales' most storied regions in the nineteenth century. Abbott, a prolific writer whose works range across colonial fiction and historical narrative, brings to this volume the same storytelling instinct that distinguished his earlier acclaimed titles. His prose is precise yet evocative, reconstructing an era when wooden-hulled vessels like the Sophia Jane were the arteries of colonial life, carrying passengers, wool, coal, and correspondence along a coastline both beautiful and treacherous. For readers drawn to the intersection of maritime adventure and Australian colonial heritage, this rare and carefully researched work leaves one wondering just how much of the modern Hunter Valley owes its very character to the restless tides of its past.
Author: J. H. M. Abbott
Format: Hardback
Published: 1943, The Currawong Publishing Co., 17 Jamieson Street, Sydney
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: slight lean to book with minor stains on boards.
Long before the railways tamed the Australian continent, the sea lanes between Sydney and Newcastle pulsed with the commerce and drama of a young colony finding its feet — and The Newcastle Packets and the Hunter Valley chronicles this vivid, salt-sprayed chapter of Australian history with authority and affection. J. H. M. Abbott presents a richly detailed account of the coastal packet ships that connected the Hunter Valley to the wider world, tracing the economic, social, and maritime forces that shaped one of New South Wales' most storied regions in the nineteenth century. Abbott, a prolific writer whose works range across colonial fiction and historical narrative, brings to this volume the same storytelling instinct that distinguished his earlier acclaimed titles. His prose is precise yet evocative, reconstructing an era when wooden-hulled vessels like the Sophia Jane were the arteries of colonial life, carrying passengers, wool, coal, and correspondence along a coastline both beautiful and treacherous. For readers drawn to the intersection of maritime adventure and Australian colonial heritage, this rare and carefully researched work leaves one wondering just how much of the modern Hunter Valley owes its very character to the restless tides of its past.