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Lying on a blanket beside a smoking camp fire was an irregularly shaped nugget of gold, about the size and roughly the shape of a large marrow. Mount Perfect Ranges, western Victoria, 1872. Henry Fanshaw has stumbled upon one of the largest nuggets ever found in the colony. But it isn’t on his land and Fanshaw’s troubles are only just beginning. The gold is stolen and Fanshaw, not able to approach the law, calls upon the services of John ‘Black’ Perry, a touring pugilist, sharpshooter and horseman, to track the thieves. Wimmera Gold is a compelling manhunt of a novel. More than that, it is a novel rich in character and incident, with firebrand pastors, Aboriginal societies on the verge of extinction, and entrepreneurs and opportunists at every turn – it chronicles the fortunes of three quite different societies as they struggle towards a sense of identity. Wimmera Gold also tells the story of three of the most memorable and most driven characters to appear in Peter Corris’s fiction: ‘Black’ Perry himself, in fact a scholar and a gentleman, marginalised by his colour; Daniel Bracken, Irish lawyer hiding in the colonies after becoming unwillingly involved in Home Rule politics; and Wesley Lincoln, drifter from Snakehole, Texas, victim of circumstance and the winds of change, but hauntingly if pragmatically ethical. ‘Peter Corris is undoubtedly one of Australia’s top storytellers...a substantial and compelling read’ SUNDAY MAIL ‘Reinforces Corris’s reputation as a master Storyteller’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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- PublisherBantam Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 186359258X
- ISBN 13 9781863592581
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages469
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Wimmera Gold
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Bantam Books, Australia, 1994
ISBN 10: 186359258X
ISBN 13: 9781863592581
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First Edition
Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Paperback. 469 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Books, Australia, 1994. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Set in the 1870s, this story begins when Henry Fanshaw discovers a large gold nugget on protected land in the Wimmera district of Victoria. When it is stolen from him he employs Black Perry, from Barbados, remarkable for his skill in boxing, shooting and impersonation, to hunt down the thieves. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 186359258X. ISBN/EAN: 9781863592581. Inventory No: 15030075. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 15030075
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WIMMERA GOLD
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st of This Edition. A clean, straight, unmarked book, appears unused. Scan available. Seller Inventory # 018004
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Wimmera Gold
Published by
Bantam Books, Sydney, 1994
ISBN 10: 186359258X
ISBN 13: 9781863592581
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First Edition
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
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Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. (469 pages). Bottom margin lightly tanned, else as new Size: Small Octavo. Paperback. Seller Inventory # 052061
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