The Ballad of Abdul Wade by Ryan Butta

The Ballad of Abdul Wade by Ryan Butta

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781922806000
Author: Ryan Butta
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Affirm Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2022
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Bend to back cover corner. Interior and binding are still excellent.

When Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback, he was hailed as a hero. Horses couldn’t access many remote settlements, especially those stricken by flood or drought, and camel trains rode to the rescue time and time again. But with success came fierce opposition fuelled by prejudice.

The camel was not even classed as an animal under Australian law, and, in a climate of colonial misinformation, hyperbole and fear, camel drivers like Wade were shown almost as little respect. Yet all the while, for those in need, the ships of the desert continued to appear on the outback horizon.

After his interest was piqued by a nineteenth-century photo of a camel train in a country town, Ryan Butta found himself on the trail of Australia’s earliest Afghan camel drivers. Separating the bulldust from the bush poetry, he reveals the breadth and depth of white Australian protectionism and prejudice.

Told with flair and authority, this gritty alternative history defies the traditional horse-powered folklore to reveal the untold debt this country owes to humble dromedaries, their drivers and those who brought them here. (back cover)

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