The Last Wild West
The saga of Northern Territory cattle stations, racial violence, wild horses and the supernatural
$29.99
ISBN
9781925272918
By | Neil H. Atkinson |
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Format | Paperback / softback |
Page Extent | 280 |
Book Size | 234 x 156 x 365 mm (H x W x D) |
Imprint | Hybrid Publishing |
Release Date | 6 Oct 2018 |
Subject Classification | Memoirs |
The story of a man wanting to move forward by travelling back to where he was born, the Northern Territory. Finding himself on a merciless cattle station where you weren’t taught to be a stockman but broken to fit into the mould, he is caught in the middle of race wars and deadly violence between white station managers and Aboriginal traditional land owners. As black power surges, his sympathy grows for an Indigenous elder and his besieged community
What the critics said: “It was like reading parts of Alex Haley’s Roots, only it happened in Australia. The tale of brutality and injustice in an indifferent country.” —Geoff McDonald, author of Red Over Black