The Drovers

Evan McHugh

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Penguin
29 August 2011

True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; History

From the High Country to the Outback, there are extraordinary stories of the men and women who have travelled across Australia behind mobs of cattle, sheep and horses.

'For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know.'

From the High Country to the Outback, there are extraordinary stories of the men and women who have travelled across Australia behind mobs of cattle, sheep and horses. These quiet achievers, of every race and creed, forged an Australian legend.

Evan McHugh brings alive the hapless convicts attempting to round up the First Fleet's escaped cattle on foot; overlanders blazing through trackless wilderness to supply the vast stations carved from the bush; stockmen who risked blizzards to bring cattle to alpine pastures; and drovers who crossed the continent behind the largest mobs of cattle the world has ever seen.

These stories overflow with colourful characters- cattle-duffers like Harry Redford, renowned boss drovers like Nat Buchanan and strong women like Edna Zigenbine and Red Jack, who could measure up to any man. They lived a life most of us only dream about and came to love the beauty of Australia's most famous and infamous stock routes, including the Birdsville, Murranji and Strzelecki tracks, and the Canning stock route.

McHugh's meticulous research and vivid eye for detail is the closest you'll get to saddling up your moke and poking a mob of cattle off camp.

PRAISE FOR EVAN McHUGH

'McHugh tells the stories of these great achievers simply and without romantic or other embellishment, which is how these characters would have wanted it.' - COURIER-MAIL

By: Evan McHugh
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9780143205296
ISBN 10: 0143205293
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 29 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Evan McHugh's previous books include Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters, Outback Heroes, Outback Pioneers and Birdsville. His book about true crime in the outback, Red Centre, Dark Heart, won the Ned Kelly Award for best non-fiction in 2008.

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The Drovers

Evan McHugh

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