Down Home - Revisiting Tasmania
Author(s): Peter Conrad
Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs, Letters | Travel, Guides, Exploration, Walking, Adventure | Tasmania
This is a personal account of Conrad's return to his Tasmanian homeland after 20 years. He tells of his upbringing there and describes the island's rivers, mountains and rain forests. During his stay he visits a Greek temple in the bush, travels through logging camps, tries to decipher a cliff of ancient rock carvings and is defeated in a debate with a team of murderers at the State's maximum security prison.
Good condition. Light tanning on page edges, inscription at top of 2nd page, some moderate scuffing on dust jacket.
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- : Chatto & Windus
- : Chatto & Windus
- : 01 October 1988
- : {"length"=>["26"], "width"=>["16"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Peter Conrad
- : Hardback
- : 919.46/0463
- : 232