About this title: An account of a young woman's solo odyssey through the deserts of Australia. Accompanied only by her dog and four camels, Robyn Davidson endured 130-degree heat, swollen rivers, poisonous snakes, and lecherous Australian men. A cult classic.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780394721675ISBN:0394721675
Description: Good. NOT an ex-library; harmless, superficial crease of solid spine; a little general aging along with edge and hinge wear on decent cov; moderate age color on unmarked, uncreased pp-top edge pp has a little staining. read more
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394721675ISBN:0394721675
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 256 pp., illus., 1 map, biblio.; 18 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a heroine who combines extraordinary courage with exquisite sensitivity. "-Publisher. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1995-05-30
ISBN-13:9780679762874ISBN:0679762876
Description: New. Brand New Paperback. WE SHIP DAILY. ISBN# 0679762876. Title: Tracks by Robyn Davidson. Selling books online since 2001. Thank you for your patronage! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Great story of a very real and raw woman's decision to do something wild without knowing why. Learn how to ride and care for camel's, take them across the outback."
"Tracks has been sitting on my TBR mountain for over a year; I finally decided to start it yesterday when a book, From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback, arrived from the library. From Alice is composed of pictures taken by National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan accompanied by exerpts from Davidson's book. The pictures were awesome, but reading Tracks and trying to keep my place in From Alice was difficult; the writer and the photographer, though together for most of the trip, seemed to be miles apart in recording aspects of the trip that were intriguing. My favorite part of Tracks was the leg of the trip in which Davidson traveled with Aborigine elder Eddie. Davidson appeared to change dramatically during the time she spent with Eddie, becoming a more substantive person. Overall, I would say that I found Glamour's assessment of the book ("the women's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance") exaggerated, but the book, for me, provided a fascinating (and safe) look at a perilous part of the world."
"I'm a big fan of Robyn Davidson - her Quarterly Essay on nomadism was one of the finest short pieces I've ever read; I had high hopes for 'Tracks'.
But, overall, I was disappointed. I know it was first published in 1980, but I'm not sure if that excuses the cultural chauvinism that colours Robyn's observations, particularly of the Indigenous people she meets.
Her sympathy for the Indigenous rights cause is explicit. But her constant reference to 'blacks', 'Aborigines', 'part-Aboriginal', 'their', 'Ayers Rock' etc - devoid of any parallel effort to unpick these labels - ultimately endows this book with a dusty, old-school, anthropological feel that does little credit to the author.
I should also say that I couldn't stomach the constant cruelty. What's the point of traveling with camels if it requires beating them with iron chains and punching bolts through their faces??"
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