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Synopsis
A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman's solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback
'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.' So begins Robyn Davidson's perilous journey across 1,700 miles of hostile Australian desert to the sea with only four camels and a dog for company.
Enduring sweltering heat, fending off poisonous snakes and lecherous men, chasing her camels when they get skittish and nursing them when they are injured, Davidson emerges as an extraordinarily courageous heroine driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. Tracks is the compelling, candid story of her odyssey of discovery and transformation.
WITH A NEW POSTSCRIPT BY THE AUTHOR AND A STUNNING COLOUR PICTURE SECTION
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A strong, salty fresh book by an original and individual young woman ... This will rank among the best of the books of exploration and travel and, like them, is a record of self-discovery and self-proving (Doris Lessing)
Beautiful, thrilling and ferociously brave, Robyn Davidson's timeless story of her astonishing journey gripped me from the first page to the last. Tracks is an unforgettably powerful book (Cheryl Strayed, author of 'Wild')
It gets to the heart of landscape and solitude and becomes a venture to the interior of more than one dimension as its author approaches the hinterland of her own thorny psyche (Observer)
An absorbing record of human endeavour and courage, a vivid picture of an extraordinary country by a perceptive and sensitive observer, and the story of an inner journey, of "shedding burdens" (Sydney Morning Herald)
As eccentric, undisciplined, flashily brilliant and pig-headed as its author ... Ms Davidson is a born writer, her book deeply moving (Daily Telegraph)
Vivid and vivacious ... Davidson is as natural a writer as she is an adventurer (New Yorker)
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A revised, reissued fortieth anniversary edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman's solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback
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Pantheon Books (edition 1st US), 1980
ISBN 10: 0394514734
ISBN 13: 9780394514734
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st US. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 0394514734-7-1-29
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394514734I3N00
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394514734I3N00
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0394514734I3N00
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Pantheon Books, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0394514734
ISBN 13: 9780394514734
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First Edition
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated First American Edition. In tan boards with brown blindstamped illustration to cover and brown spine cloth with gilt to type. Some marks/dings to board edges and corners. Faint discoloration to top of front board and some spots to top page ends. Previous owner's name and flower illustration to front flyleaf. Solid binding. Jacket is unclipped with edgewear, scuffing and pale moisture stain to top of front panel towards corner, same to front flap and smaller stains to head of spine and bottom of rear panel. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB011890RD
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st U.S. Edition. Seller Inventory # 1147709
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Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Stated first US edition. DJ in protective mylar cover. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight. Seller Inventory # mon0000155606
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ISBN 10: 0394514734
ISBN 13: 9780394514734
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Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 1st printing. Prior owner's name inked on front pastedown. Quarter cloth binding. Map endpapers. 256pp. Photos. Unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover. -- Davidson's now classic account of treking 1,700 miles across the outback of Australia by camel when she was 27 years old. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Seller Inventory # 073990