BUSH RANGERS AND OTHER GOLD STORIES by Peter Macinnis history books X2 2016 VGUC front view

BUSH RANGERS AND OTHER GOLD STORIES by Peter Macinnis history books X2 2016 VGUC

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Book47
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UPC:
9781760068004
$6.60
Width:
17.00 (cm)
Height:
26.00 (cm)
Depth:
6.00 (cm)
Condition:
Used
Current Stock:
1
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1 unit
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1 unit
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Description
"BUSH RANGER AND GOLD STORIES: NOT YOUR USUAL COLLECTION" by Peter Macinnis, paperback history X2 book set 2016, published by The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd in China. In hard slipcase. Sourced within the Mornington Peninsula.

"NOT YOUR USUAL BUSHRANGERS"
Take a journey with one of Australia’s most accessible history and science writers into an early Australia that extends beyond the Wild Colonial Boy and the Kelly Gang. Discover the endearing Moondyne Joe and Diver Fitzgerald, scallywags rather than villains, as well as some who affected a gentlemanly front, a sort of false gallantry that did not sit well with their thieving ways, plus the thugs with no saving graces.This is entertaining and original Australian history discovering the earliest and most little-known practitioners of the art of bushranging.Beautifully designed, the book features choice, and little seen, illustrations.

"NOT YOUR USUAL GOLD STORIES"
Why are people prepared to kill – and die – for gold? In this enlightening and entertaining work, award-winning author Peter Macinnis gets inside the heads and shoes of gold seekers, seeking to find why and how they acted as they did. It’s an Australian history that sits within a world context, with the author propelled by his curiosity from Australia’s goldfields to California and Spain via New Zealand, and complemented by much reading of little-known original sources. The result is sparkling history, involving real people.

Very Good Used Condition.

Approx measurements:
15.5cm W X 24cm H X 4cm D, 1k 170g.

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