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Journey to Horseshoe Bend was first published in 1969 and has been out of print for almost forty years. An Australian literary classic, it was written by TGH (Ted) Strehlow, author of the monumental Songs of Central Australia. It describes the final days of his father, Pastor Carl Strehlow, head of the Lutheran mission at Hermannsburg, as they travel, with Aboriginal companions, in extreme heat, along the dry riverbed of the Finke River, to the nearest railhead in search of medical assistance. They never reach help: the journey ends at Horseshoe Bend, with Pastor Strehlow's death. Ted Strehlow grew up with Aborigines on the mission, and his knowledge of their customs and stories was unique. The book combines this knowledge, with a detailed awareness of the landscape and its sacred places, the battles that have been fought there, the lonely outposts of white settlement, and of the Biblical resonances of their own journey through this desert setting.
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- PublisherAngus and Robertson
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0207952027
- ISBN 13 9780207952029
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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Book Description Dust Jacket Very Good (Now Protected) 8.5" x 5.5" Cloth Fine Burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, map eps, pp. [i-vi], 1- 220, title page inscribed with an asterisk beside the author's name, and the handwritten note: "Died Tuesday 3rd October 1978. On Monday 25th September 1978 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the Anthropological Society of South Australia and gave an address 'In the Beginning', dw price-clipped and corners rubbed. Seller Inventory # 004283
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is a unique and moving record, and one that will take its place among the classics of Australian pioneering life. It is a factual account of the last journey, in October 1922, of the author's father, who after twenty eight years in charge of thee Lutheran mission at Hermannsburg became desperately ill and set out with his wife and son and some aboriginal friends to seek medical help. Despite the help received to navigate the dreadful terrain Mr. Strehlow senior died at Horseshoe Bend. **The book has light tanning while the jacket has rubbing at the extremities.**. Seller Inventory # 001708
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