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hit a used book shop and found two copies of one of my favorite books....already have one copy but it seems to be in a perpetual state of being loaned out....the hardcover copy i picked up today wont leave my possession and for a couple more bucks ive got a second copy to loan out.....have yet to find anyone that i loan it to or recommend it to and they find their own copy that doesnt love it.....unfortunately so far ive struck out tracking down any of his other books while im here... its an autobiography about a guy living during Australia's "Wild West"....droving cattle, taking care of telegraph lines via camel back, hunting water buffalo and saltwater crocs for hides...alot of the buff hunting was via horseback similar to how the plains indians used to hunt buffalo from horse back.....adrenalin pumping to say the least.....if you like reading "cowboy stuff" and want something a lil different as you can see i highly recommend
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I'll have to find that one! BTW, I initially thought this thread was about you hooking up with some Aussie lass. Ed
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I was afraid to open this.
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I'll have to find that one! BTW, I initially thought this thread was about you hooking up with some Aussie lass. Ed Me three! Book, schmook... where are the babes! You need to be hittin some beach time, man!
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Looks like a heck of a read about an amazing guy. Now I have 4 books to add to my reading list. Thanks.
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I'll have to find that one! BTW, I initially thought this thread was about you hooking up with some Aussie lass. Ed not likely something your gonna see here.....one im staying with a friend in the 'burbs and aint bringing a stranger into Troys house and second never been good at the casual fling
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Look for Berry Crump books while you are there. I have two thanks to some fine gentleman from Down Under. They are a great read.
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i have a third im bringing to the states for you aswell as the above to save that fine Aussie gentleman some shipping
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Thanks to both of you. We made a one day round trip and got your stuff to Oregon. Quemado in a couple of weeks.
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One of the best books I've read. Thanks for recommending it Rattler.
Looks like you're having a good time. Stay away from Malaysian Air on your return home.
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One of the best books I've read. Thanks for recommending it Rattler.
Looks like you're having a good time. Stay away from Malaysian Air on your return home. after my trip over im a fan of Singapore Air.....the new Airbus A380-800 has enough leg room even in the economy seats to keep a crippled phugger like me comfortable wish i could find mor of Cole's stuff but other than Troy's bookshelves have struck out
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Yeah, My first thought was a lass, then thought noooo, he's found some .22 ammo.
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Rattler:
Look also for Cole's sequel to that book. I think it was The Last Paradise. I read his first book as we drove the Stuart Highway from Darwin to Adelaide. I too loaned it out when I returned and somehow it escaped. It is a great read, and even better as you travel through that area. It is a rough, tough, hardscrabble area.
When you are there, keep a look out for a book titled, "Flying Doctor" by Clyde Fenton. "... the story of adventures in aerial medical work in the Northern Territory of Australia during the six years preceding WW II."
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