Who Rides on the River by John K Ewers

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Sticky tape stains to front and back endpages. Previous owner has added a number to half-title page. Missing dust jacket. Book is in non-adhesive protective cover. Body text and binding are still good.

This is the story of Captain Charles Sturt's epic journey down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers to the sea and back again.

It is the story of endurance and faith, in which the great explorer binds his party of soldiers and convicts with the closest ties of loyalty, and travels 2000 miles without one striking trouble from the numerous Aboriginal tribes.

Firmly based on Sturt's records of his journey, John Ewers' fictionalised account has all the appeal of a novel. The thoughts and feelings of the convicts so individually betrayed, the striking character of debonair George Macleay, and the selflessness and heroism of the leader himself, all emerged to give added significance to a remarkable achievement in the exploration of Australia. (book flap)

Illustrated by Elizabeth Durack.