My Droving Days: Life on the Long Paddock by Peter Moore and Shirley Moore

Peter Moore and Shirley Moore

ISBN 10: 1742379877 / ISBN 13: 9781742379876

Published by Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2012

About this Item

Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed - a long-distance drover. In My Droving Days, we follow his progress through the 1950s as he rubs shoulders with the larger-than-life characters and their dogs and horses, who trekked along the outback stock routes of Western Queensland and New South Wales.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Droving Days: Life on the Long Paddock by Peter Moore and Shirley Moore
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742379877
• ISBN 13: 9781742379876
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed - a long-distance drover. In 'My Droving Days' we follow his progress through the 1950s as he rubs shoulders with the larger-than-life characters - and their dogs and horses - who trekked along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales. Meet the world's worst cattle dog and the station hand, Charlie, who blows an outside toilet (and its contents) sky high; thrill to the high drama of a night stampede; catch a poddy dodger in the act; get caught by a beast's horns; take on a brown snake while collecting wild duck eggs or shoot a few roos to feed the twenty-seven dogs on the team. 'My Droving Days' captures the real taste of the outback and the vanishing world of the overlanders, bulldust and all.

About the Author

Peter Moore was a drover throughout the 1950s. He married his wife Shirley Moore in 1960. She started writing in 1992 and has had several short stories published and articles published.