Tom & Jack: A Frontier Story by Geraldine Byrne

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners. Pages gave started to sun.

A great real-life adventure and enthralling family biography, Tom and Jack are one of the rare success stories of the early days of the Kimberley cattle industry.

A veterinary drover and cattleman, Tom Kilfoyle, partnered with his kinsman, the Duracks, in exploring and overlanding to the Kimberleys. His son Jack was an enterprising and mischievous man, the defendant in charges ranging from cattle duffing to breach of promise of marriage. He is remembered for his enlightened attitudes toward land management and Aboriginal stockman.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.