The Desert Railway
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: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Stretching across one of the world's most unforgiving landscapes, the story of Australia's legendary desert railway is one of extraordinary human ambition, engineering ingenuity, and sheer dogged perseverance. The Desert Railway chronicles the epic saga of the transcontinental rail line that cut through the heart of the Australian outback, detailing the back-breaking labour, the political wrangling, and the visionary determination that drove men to lay iron tracks across an ancient, scorching continent. Patsy Adam Smith, one of Australia's most celebrated chroniclers of working-class and pioneering history, brings the dust and heat of the outback vividly to life, populating the narrative with the colourful characters — navvies, engineers, dreamers, and drifters — who gave everything to build a iron thread connecting a nation. Her signature style blends meticulous historical research with a warm, humanising prose that transforms railway history into a deeply Australian story of identity and endurance. A triumph of popular history, this work leaves the reader wondering just how different a nation Australia might have been without the audacity to build a railway through the desert.
Author: Patsy Adam Smith
Format: Hardback
Genre: Transport & automotive
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Stretching across one of the world's most unforgiving landscapes, the story of Australia's legendary desert railway is one of extraordinary human ambition, engineering ingenuity, and sheer dogged perseverance. The Desert Railway chronicles the epic saga of the transcontinental rail line that cut through the heart of the Australian outback, detailing the back-breaking labour, the political wrangling, and the visionary determination that drove men to lay iron tracks across an ancient, scorching continent. Patsy Adam Smith, one of Australia's most celebrated chroniclers of working-class and pioneering history, brings the dust and heat of the outback vividly to life, populating the narrative with the colourful characters — navvies, engineers, dreamers, and drifters — who gave everything to build a iron thread connecting a nation. Her signature style blends meticulous historical research with a warm, humanising prose that transforms railway history into a deeply Australian story of identity and endurance. A triumph of popular history, this work leaves the reader wondering just how different a nation Australia might have been without the audacity to build a railway through the desert.