Droving Down the Cooper: A Saddlemaker's Yarns by Col Hood

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Foxing to preliminary and end pages.

"Let's go bush." These laconic words sparked the beginning of a journey for two adventurous city kids under the spell of Banjo Paterson and his tales of horses and men in the Australian outback. So this yarn unfolds. In his introduction to this book, Col invites the reader to ride stirrup to stirrup with him while he tells his stories.

Mad if you don't. Their adventures took place in the 1950s, at a time when Australia was very much in transition, having got TV, Olympic Games, rock n roll, and going truly urban. It is a period that also pretty well marks the end of a distinct chapter of the postwar world.

Col Hood was one of the first two saddlemakers in Australia to build the western saddle. (back cover)