Lasseter's Gold: The Mystery of Harold Lasseter and His Fabulously Rich Gold Reef in the Central Australian Desert by Warren Brown
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780733631603
Author: Warren Brown
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic cover. Partial date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners and edges. Minor marks on foredges.
When Harold Bell Lasseter disappeared in late 1930 it could have been the end of a mystery. Thirty-three years earlier he had staggered out of the desert, almost dead, his pockets bulging with gold, claiming to have found a 15-kilometre gold reef.
The mystery deepened when he and a surveyor returned to the isolated and mysterious ranges where the reef was supposed to be. It became legendary when the largest inland expedition since Burke and Wills was launched.
In Lasseter's Gold, Warren Brown vividly recreates the drama of the search - the characters, the fights, the soaring temperatures, the impossible terrain, the plane crash, the pistol-carrying dingo-skinner who appeared out of nowhere.
And just who was this man Lasseter? A one-time sailor, a bigamist, a man who claimed John Bradfield stole his plans for a single-span bridge to cross Sydney Harbour - was he also a very, very good liar?
Lasseter's Gold is the gripping story of an outback legend. Is it just a myth - or is there really a massive gold reef out there, just waiting to be discovered? (publisher blurb)
Lasseter's Gold: The Mystery of Harold Lasseter and His Fabulously Rich Gold Reef in the Central Australian Desert by Warren Brown
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