Cooper's Creek - Hardcover

Moorehead, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0848805933 ISBN 13: 9780848805937

Publisher: Amereon Limited, 1987

Synopsis

In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the northern coast. Headed by Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills, the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set out into the outback hoping to find enough water and to keep adequate food stores for their trek into the bush. Almost one year later, Burke, Wills, and two others from their party, Gray and King, reached the northern shore but on their journey back, they were stranded at Cooper s Creek where all but King perished. Cooper s Creek is a gripping, intense historical narrative about the harshness of the Australian outback and the people who were brave enough to go into the very depths of that uncharted country.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Moorehead (1910-1983) was a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express, where he won an international reputation for his coverage of World War II campaigns, and also served as the chief public relations officer in the Ministry of Defense. He is also the author of many other notable books, including Gallipoli and Darwin and the Beagle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amereon Limited
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0848805933
• ISBN 13: 9780848805937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246