Buffeloes
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. wear on binding - otherwise fine.
After the harrowing trials of Gallipoli, two young ex-servicemen, Carl Warburton and Lawrence Whittaker, find themselves unable to settle into the quiet rhythms of post-war life. Driven by a thirst for "mad adventure," a literal toss of a coin decides their fate: rather than the wilds of Brazil, they head into the unmapped, hostile wetlands of Australia's Northern Territory. Their goal is as audacious as it is dangerous—to make a fortune hunting water buffalo for their hides in the heart of Arnhem Land. In this classic memoir of frontier life, Warburton recounts their journey into a landscape that was, in the 1920s, still a world apart. Armed with Martini-Henry carbines and riding at full gallop, the pair must master the art of shooting buffalo from horseback while navigating the extreme perils of the bush, from tropical disease to the constant threat of saltwater crocodiles. Buffaloes is more than just a tale of high-action survival; it is a vivid historical record of the "Top End" in transition, capturing the grit, mateship, and delusions of the pioneers who sought to tame Australia’s last great frontier.
Author: Carl Warburton
Format: Paperback
Published: 1944, Consolidated Press Limited
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. wear on binding - otherwise fine.
After the harrowing trials of Gallipoli, two young ex-servicemen, Carl Warburton and Lawrence Whittaker, find themselves unable to settle into the quiet rhythms of post-war life. Driven by a thirst for "mad adventure," a literal toss of a coin decides their fate: rather than the wilds of Brazil, they head into the unmapped, hostile wetlands of Australia's Northern Territory. Their goal is as audacious as it is dangerous—to make a fortune hunting water buffalo for their hides in the heart of Arnhem Land. In this classic memoir of frontier life, Warburton recounts their journey into a landscape that was, in the 1920s, still a world apart. Armed with Martini-Henry carbines and riding at full gallop, the pair must master the art of shooting buffalo from horseback while navigating the extreme perils of the bush, from tropical disease to the constant threat of saltwater crocodiles. Buffaloes is more than just a tale of high-action survival; it is a vivid historical record of the "Top End" in transition, capturing the grit, mateship, and delusions of the pioneers who sought to tame Australia’s last great frontier.