The Dig Tree
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- Synopsis
- 'In 1860, an eccentric band of adventurers, cheered on by 15, 000 excited people, set off from Melbourne, Australia, to try to do something no one had ever done before: cross the vast and forbidding interior of the country from sea to sea. To succeed, they would have to push through 1, 600 miles of the hottest, driest, most punishing desert on earth . . . then turn around and come back again. They expected it to be hard. In fact, it was much worse than that. Comprising 19 men, 26 camels, 23 horses a...
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780767913126
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781877008795, 9781921520990, 9781877008085, 9780747562986, 9780767908283
- Publisher:
- Broadway Books
- Date of Addition:
- 11/16/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Sarah Murgatroyd
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Australiana
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.