Outback [Mass Market Paperback]

Aaron Fletcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2007

Outback is the towering saga of the Garrity family, whose founding father was the illegitimate son of a female convict. Brought up in a Sydney orphanage, Patrick Garrity left the brawling city to make a life for himself in the vast backcountry of New South Wales.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (September 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843946865
• ISBN-13: 978-0843946864
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I want to go, March 9, 2004

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Max Inman (holland, mi. U.S.A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outback (Mass Market Paperback)

When I first started to read this book (first page)I thought it might be just to mind boggeling. The first few paragraphs were unclear to me. By end of page 2 I was thoroughly hooked. It is a story about an Aboriginal female who is brought to the son, of a criminal sent to Australia from England, as he is looking for a full time companion during his long days and nights caring for thousands of sheep. She is scared to death, she can't understand his language, and he doesn't understand anything she tries to say. Over a long period of time she learns to speak pidgon english and he learns to understand. They have children of their own, and a long history of the family unfolds in all its glory and excitement. This one of the best books I have read. And that is more than a thousand. Give it a go you'll not be disappointed.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A novel of the English settlement of Australia, March 7, 2000

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Paul Jones (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outback (Mass Market Paperback)

A fictional account of the begining of English settlement of Australia. A wonderfully descriptive story of the hardships and triumphs of early efforts to settle this strange country with penal colonists. It is told through the eyes of an aboriginal girl and a young englishman.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible - wonderful story., February 18, 2008

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Kate Conroy (Bloomfield, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outback (Mass Market Paperback)

From the very first page I was hooked. You can see above what the story is about, but this is so much more than just a story. The level of detail was incredible and the friendships and hardships are painstakingly described. Immediately you are THERE. The Australian Outback is so beautifully portrayed in all it's glories and evils. Highly recommended.