The Nor'-Westers
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: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
From the sun-scorched, cyclone-battered coastline of Australia's rugged north-west comes a vivid chronicle of the men and women who dared to tame one of the world's most unforgiving frontiers. The Nor'-Westers by Ion L. Idriess presents the remarkable true stories of pioneering settlers, pearlers, drovers, and adventurers who carved out lives along the wild Kimberley and Pilbara coasts, where savage nor'-west storms could obliterate a year's hard work in a single night. With the eye of a seasoned bushman and the pen of a natural storyteller, Idriess captures the raw, untamed spirit of a land that demanded everything of those who sought to conquer it. Idriess, one of Australia's most celebrated chroniclers of the outback and frontier life, writes with an immediacy and authenticity that only lived experience can produce, having spent years traversing the very landscapes he so masterfully illustrates. His prose pulses with the heat, dust, and drama of the north-west, drawing readers into a world where fortune and disaster walked hand in hand. A cornerstone of Australian frontier literature, this work stands as a testament to the extraordinary resilience of those early pioneers — and leaves the reader wondering just how much of that untamed spirit still lingers in the land today.
Author: Ion L. Idriess
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
From the sun-scorched, cyclone-battered coastline of Australia's rugged north-west comes a vivid chronicle of the men and women who dared to tame one of the world's most unforgiving frontiers. The Nor'-Westers by Ion L. Idriess presents the remarkable true stories of pioneering settlers, pearlers, drovers, and adventurers who carved out lives along the wild Kimberley and Pilbara coasts, where savage nor'-west storms could obliterate a year's hard work in a single night. With the eye of a seasoned bushman and the pen of a natural storyteller, Idriess captures the raw, untamed spirit of a land that demanded everything of those who sought to conquer it. Idriess, one of Australia's most celebrated chroniclers of the outback and frontier life, writes with an immediacy and authenticity that only lived experience can produce, having spent years traversing the very landscapes he so masterfully illustrates. His prose pulses with the heat, dust, and drama of the north-west, drawing readers into a world where fortune and disaster walked hand in hand. A cornerstone of Australian frontier literature, this work stands as a testament to the extraordinary resilience of those early pioneers — and leaves the reader wondering just how much of that untamed spirit still lingers in the land today.