Alice on the Line by Doris Blackwell and Douglas Lockwood

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. General edgewear to book. Pages are sunned and there are some foxing spots. Dust jacket has creasing and chipping at edges. Small tear to top edge front cover fixed with book tape. Book has been cleaned and binding is still very good. A good readable copy.

Alice Springs was a telegraph station when Doris Bradshaw Blackwell arrived as a young girl. Alice's father was the officer-in-charge of the telegraph station from 1899 to 1908. This is Doris' account of Alice Springs at the turn of the 20th Century.