The Cattle King

Ion L Idriess (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2013
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7322-9695-7 (ISBN)

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This engrossing story by famous Australian author Ion Idriess is an inspiring tribute to the remarkable life of Sir Sidney Kidman - the Cattle King. At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all, Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend.

Ion Llewellyn Idriess OBE (1889-1979) was a prolific author who wrote more than 50 books over 43 years. During World War I he saw action with the Fifth Light Horse Regiment. After repatriation he travelled widely through remote regions of Australia as well as Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea before settling in Sydney. His books include Flynn of the Inland, Lasseter’s Last Ride and The Desert Column.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2013
Reihe/Serie	A&R Classics
Verlagsort	New South Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 198 mm
Gewicht	266 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-7322-9695-1 / 0732296951
ISBN-13	978-0-7322-9695-7 / 9780732296957
Zustand	Neuware