{"product_id":"2026100009350-secondhand-brown-men-and-red-sand-wanderings-in-wild-australia","title":"Brown Men And Red Sand: Wanderings In Wild Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vast, sun-scorched heartland of Australia, where ancient red sandstone rises from the earth like monuments to a forgotten age, Charles P. Mountford ventured deep into the wilderness to document the lives, customs, and sacred traditions of Aboriginal Australians. Brown Men and Red Sand: Wanderings in Wild Australia chronicles Mountford's extraordinary expeditions across the Australian interior, presenting an intimate and vivid portrait of the Indigenous peoples whose culture stretches back tens of thousands of years, set against some of the most dramatic and unforgiving landscapes on the planet.\n\nA Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Royal Geographical Society, Mountford writes with the authority of a trained ethnologist and the passion of a true explorer, blending scientific observation with lyrical, evocative prose. His work stands as a landmark contribution to Australian anthropology, capturing ceremonies, myths, and ways of life that were already disappearing under the pressures of the modern world. Rich with detail and humanity, this account leaves the reader both in awe of a remarkable civilisation and haunted by the question of how much has since been lost to time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216192086235,"sku":"2026100009350-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4e77ce44-8291-487c-b5f8-bbae5cbedfa1.png?v=1788404970","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009350-secondhand-brown-men-and-red-sand-wanderings-in-wild-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}