Crossing the Dead Heart

ISBN-10: 1876247037
ISBN-13: 9781876247034
Category: Northern Territory
Pages: 171
Language: English
Published: 1946
Author: Cecil Thomas Madigan

Description

A true story of one of the epic adventures of desert exploration. In 1939 Dr. Cecil Madigan led his party of nine men and nineteen camels into the trackless and waterless Simpson Desert on an exciting mission never before attempted. This is a great Australian story of enterprise, scientific investigation, determination and human courage.

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