Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book condition is near fine. 1st edition. Soft cover. Spine intact. Book block clean. Book boards clean front and back. Small crease in front Book Book board top right hand corner. Text body clean. Overall an excellent and neat copy. In a Terrible Beauty, Richard Flanagan set out to dis dispel a myth - a myth that in padt South-West Tasmania has been regarded as a desolate waste land, appreciated only for it natural resources. Richard dispels this myth convincingly, sharing with us the wonder and awe of the fist explorers eager to discover this land. A land of imposing mountains and tumultuous rivers, it holds a significant place in the culture of the Aborigines. It was wasca land where the cry of the nineteenth century bushman. TOM Moore, 'if there be an Elysium on the earth piners felt for the South-west. The Gordon River Coun6 was their home and they forged a bond with it which went far beyond the lure of material brain. He has tested the history if human involvement with this harsh but magnetic land - this terrible beauty. Seller Inventory # ABE-1677923011702

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