Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stamped preliminary pages. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and at spine. Small tear at spine top is now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good.
Colonel William Light (1786–1839) was the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia and founder of the capital city, Adelaide.
His life is a story of colour, change, adventure, frustration, tragedy, yet monumental achievement. (book flap)