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

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SKU TBM19531953195305
AU$32.00
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Author: Ion L Idriess
Edition: 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 1953
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 278 pages
Period: 20th Century

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)

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