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When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler...
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Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. c1980 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Vintage departures edition 2014. |
| Series: |
Vintage departures
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| Summary: |
When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity. |
| Item Description: | Reprint with author's 2012 postscript. Previously published: New York : Vintage Books, 1995. First published in the United States: New York : Pantheon Books, 1980. |
| Carrier Form: | 270 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270). |
| ISBN: |
9781101872451 (paperback) : 1101872454 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | DU105 |
| CLC: | K961.19 |
| Call Number: | K961.19/D253 |
| Contents: | Alice sprung -- Shedding burdens -- Little bit long way -- On the far side -- Select bibliography -- Postscript. |