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The Land of Black Opals.

In this book, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer - and of his wanderings to the opal mines of Lightning Ridge. He became one of the band of opal-seekers who live in these pages, sharing their heartbreaks and their sudden, wild exulatations. And the stories he tells of his mates are little gems in themselves, vivid in characterization, rich in sympathy and understanding.

In the descriptions of opal gouging, and the technique of "clipping" and "facing" opals, Idriess is in his element. Obviously his heart has been completely captured by these magic stones of flame and orange, in which, it seems to him, all the life and the colour of centuries have been imprisoned... Lightning Ridge throws light on the author's own background, and is a lively account of the rough camaraderie of life in the bush and on the opal fields. - Adelaide Advertiser, 1940.

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• Plný název: Lightning Ridge
• Autor: Ion Idriess
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 168
• EAN: 9781923205116
• ISBN: 1923205110
• ID: 46110894
• Nakladatelství: HarperCollins
• Hmotnost: 268 g
• Rozměry: 234 × 156 × 10 mm
• Datum vydání: 01. July 2024

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