Flying Doctor
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: 2nd ed., revised
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the vast, sun-scorched wilderness of Australia's Northern Territory, one man took to the skies to bring medicine to those beyond the reach of civilisation — Flying Doctor is the remarkable true account of Clyde Fenton, a pioneering physician and aviator who single-handedly revolutionised medical care for the remote outback communities of the 1930s. Operating his own aircraft across impossible distances, through treacherous weather and uncharted terrain, Fenton chronicles his extraordinary missions to save lives where no road could reach, painting a vivid portrait of frontier medicine at its most raw and heroic. Written with the candour and grit of a man who lived every word, this memoir stands as a landmark document of Australian history, capturing a era when courage and ingenuity were the only tools available against the tyranny of distance. Fenton's narrative illuminates the birth of aerial medicine in Australia — a story that predates and inspired the legendary Flying Doctor Service — and raises a compelling question: how many lives can one determined individual truly change?
Author: Clyde Fenton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, Georgian House, Melbourne
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 2nd ed., revised
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the vast, sun-scorched wilderness of Australia's Northern Territory, one man took to the skies to bring medicine to those beyond the reach of civilisation — Flying Doctor is the remarkable true account of Clyde Fenton, a pioneering physician and aviator who single-handedly revolutionised medical care for the remote outback communities of the 1930s. Operating his own aircraft across impossible distances, through treacherous weather and uncharted terrain, Fenton chronicles his extraordinary missions to save lives where no road could reach, painting a vivid portrait of frontier medicine at its most raw and heroic. Written with the candour and grit of a man who lived every word, this memoir stands as a landmark document of Australian history, capturing a era when courage and ingenuity were the only tools available against the tyranny of distance. Fenton's narrative illuminates the birth of aerial medicine in Australia — a story that predates and inspired the legendary Flying Doctor Service — and raises a compelling question: how many lives can one determined individual truly change?