{"product_id":"2026200016334-secondhand-heart-of-country-australia-true-stories-of-the-land","title":"Heart Of Country Australia: True Stories Of The Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the sun-scorched plains to the endless red horizons, Heart of Country Australia: True Stories of the Land captures the raw, unfiltered spirit of life in the Australian outback. This compelling anthology brings together vivid firsthand accounts — including Bob Lunney's Eleven Hundred down the Murranji and Kerry McGinnis's Pieces of Blue — under the evocative series banner Droving Days, chronicling the extraordinary lives of men and women who shaped the nation's rural identity through sheer grit, courage, and an unbreakable bond with the land.\n\nEach story presented in this collection is a testament to the enduring Australian pastoral tradition, drawing readers into a world of dusty stock routes, lonely windmills, and the rhythmic thunder of cattle on the move. The prose is earthy and authentic, rooted in lived experience rather than romanticised fantasy, and the cumulative effect is a portrait of a Australia that is both vanishing and timeless. For anyone who has ever wondered what lies beyond the bitumen and beneath the wide outback sky, these pages hold the answer — and the invitation to look closer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336799690971,"sku":"2026200016334-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9c5f516f-aca9-43eb-bb6e-7ad2c2eb33db.png?v=1789957836","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016334-secondhand-heart-of-country-australia-true-stories-of-the-land","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}