About this title: 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 pursuit - not of honour and glory, but of excitement and riches - by one such adventurer, Michael Leahy. Together with his two brothers, Jim and Pat, and friends Mick Dwyer and Jim Taylor, he explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact with the aborigines of the interior mountains and valleys. The chronicles of their explorations and their hundreds of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Crawford House Press
Date Published: 1994-01-01
ISBN-13:9781863331067ISBN:1863331069
Description: Very Good. Book in Very Good Condition. Tight binding. No marks or creases throughout All Pages Clean and UnmarkedFast and Careful Shipping with delivery confirmation number. Fast and Careful Shipping with USPS Tracking Information. Fast and Careful Shipping with USPS Tracking info. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Crawford House Press, Australia
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781863331067ISBN:1863331069
Description: Very Good. Clean unmarked text, 1 page with a smudge, 1 crease to the rear cover. "In the 1920's and 1930's 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 pursuit-not of honor and glory, but of excitement and riches-by one such adventurer, Michael "mick" leahy, his brothers Jim and Pat, and friends Mick Dwyer and Jim Taylor. Leahy and his associates ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ. of Alabama Press., Tuscaloosa.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780817304461ISBN:0817304460
Description: As New. Numerous illus. This is an edited version of a manuscript prepared by Leahy in the early 1960s from daily fieldnotes he kept while gold prospecting and exploring. 253pp. Index. * read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
Date Published: 1991
Description: with maps & b&w photographs. Fine. Trade paperback. 9 x 6", xiii, 254 pp., Edited by Douglas E. Jones and with forward by Jane C. Goodale. This book is an edited version of a mss. prepared by Leahy in. The early 1960's from daily fieldnotes he kept during five years of gold prospecting and exploring in New Guinea between 1930 and 1935. read more
Description: Good. 0817304460 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Date Published: 1991-08-30
ISBN-13:9780817304461ISBN:0817304460
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