Lightning Ridge: The Land of Black Opals by Ion L Idriess

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are heavily sunned. Pages 125-128 has insect damage to right edge. Dust jacket is in fair condition with pieces missing and multiple tears. Now enclosed in protective cover.

In this book, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings - his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and his growing love for the Australian Outback, which illumines all his work.

He tells of the jobs he had—as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse trailer, and shearer—and his wanderings to the opal mines of Lightning Ridge. He became one of the band of opal-seekers living in these pages, sharing their heartbreaks and sudden, wild exultations.

The stories he tells of his mates are little gems, vivid in characterisation, rich in sympathy and understanding. (Trove)