The Beckoning West: The Story of H S Trotman and the Canning Stock Route by Eleanor Smith

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some fading to back cover. Small mark on last page. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

The story of the Canning Stock Route's construction.

Eleanor Smith, who was a nurse before her marriage in 1930, travelled extensively in the Goldfields, East Murchison and the North West.

She became fascinated with Trotman’s stories and spent day after day by his fireside listening and taking notes until his five expeditions fell into place and she was able to reproduce them 'in Trotman’s own words'. She has performed a remarkable feat of listening, organising and writing to enable Trotman to tell his story in the first person, in a rich, economical and always convincing style.

Originally published in 1966.