Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines |
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| Authors: | Blackburn, Julia |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | SOC028000 |
| ISBN: | 9780307829238, Related ISBNs: 0307829235, 0679420010, 0679744460, 9780307829238, 9780679420019 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 240, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: In 1913, at the age of 54, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. Brilliantly reviewed, astonishingly original, this "eloquent and illuminating portrait of an extraordinary woman" (New York Times Book Review) tells a fascinating, true story in the tradition of Isak Dinesen and Barry Lopez.
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