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

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is in good condition with wear to edges and some chipping. Dust jacket is now in protective cover. Interior and binding are still excellent

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.

Initially published in 1966.