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Explorations into Highland New Guinea, 1930-1935.
In the 1920s and 1930s there were adventures to be lived and fortunes to be made by strong young men in the outback of Australia and the gold fields of New Guinea. This is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuitnot of honor and glory, but of excitement and richesby one such adventurer, Michael...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the 1920s and 1930s there were adventures to be lived and fortunes to be made by strong young men in the outback of Australia and the gold fields of New Guinea. This is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuitnot of honor and glory, but of excitement and richesby one such adventurer, Michael "Mick" Leahy, his brothers Jim and Pat, and friends Mick Dwyer and Jim Taylor. Leahy and his associates explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact for the first time with the aborigines of the interior mountains and valleys. White man was unknown to these. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780817383152 0817383158 |