Author(s): R. S. Porteous

Rare, Collectable, Folios | Fiction | Fiction

Old Ben McReady from the Australian Outback has lived a full life and now aged more than 80 he relives it from his bed.
It was a warm hearted and generous life...
Cattle-duffing and living off the country at first,then WWI in Europe and the death of his first son with him there.
Then the Outback again and establishing his cattle station of Wavering Downs over forty years of very hard work, with wealth at last as a cattle owner and pleasure in the horse races.

'£1,000 Prize Novel. Brisbane Courier-Mail, Queensland Centenary Award' (From front cover of dust jacket).
First published - 1960. Published by Australasian Publishing Company; George G. Harrap & Co.

Book in very good condition. Pages, cover - sound and binding firm. Name inscribed on first page, small crossing out at top of back page. Cover - red cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine and front cover. Dust jacket in fair condition - front of jacket has been torn and repaired with tape, bumping/wear at edges - jacket covered by plastic slip.