PACKHORSE DROVER

Simpson, Bruce

ISBN 10: 0733304788 / ISBN 13: 9780733304781

Published by ABC Books, Sydney, 1996

About this Item

This new copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. There is a neat inscription to the obverse of the front cover. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In this book we hear the authentic voice of the outback drover before the roar of motors drowned out the music of the horse-bells. During the decades of the 50s Bruce Simpson walked herds of cattle more than 1200 strong from the Northern Territory to the railhead at Dajarra or to fattening properties 'inside' (in Queensland). His poems and yarns about this tough, uncompromising life are widely known in the bush. Several times winner and placegetter in the Bronze Swagman Awards, retired drover Bruce Simpson makes regular tours to poetry festivals in rural Australia. In 1990, he toured the United States with a group organised by the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and the American Western Folklore Centre. Ref KKK 5.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PACKHORSE DROVER
• Publisher: ABC Books, Sydney
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0733304788
• ISBN 13: 9780733304781
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Packhorse Drover we hear the authentic voice of the outback drover before the roar of motors drowned out the music of horse-bells. During the decade of the 50s Simpson walked mobs of cattle more than 1200 strong from the Northern Territory to the railhead at Dajarra or to fattening properties 'inside' (in Queensland). His poems and yarns about this tough, uncompromising life are widely known in the bush.