The wild west in Australia and America.
Drake, Jack,
The wild west in Australia and America. Volume 1, An historical comparison of true frontier tales / Historical comparison of true frontier tales. Jack Drake. - [Second edition]. - xvi, 221 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm.
Originally published: Central Queensland University Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographic references (pages [200]-207) and index.
In this volume of The Wild West, Drake tells stories about the squattocracy, the cattle kings and the land barons; mounted police, sheriffs and posses in the pursuit of their elusive prey; bushrangers and outlaws and why they are so loved in popular fantasy; stockmen, ringers and cowboys; early white settlement and both friendly and hostile contact with indigenous peoples; and six shooters, gun slingers, snider rifles and infamous shoot-outs.
9781921920479 9781921920523
Frontier and pioneer life--Australia.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States--West.
Pioneers--Australia--Biography.
Pioneers--United States--Biography.
Australia--History.
West (U.S.)--History.
909.8 994.02 973.5
The wild west in Australia and America. Volume 1, An historical comparison of true frontier tales / Historical comparison of true frontier tales. Jack Drake. - [Second edition]. - xvi, 221 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm.
Originally published: Central Queensland University Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographic references (pages [200]-207) and index.
In this volume of The Wild West, Drake tells stories about the squattocracy, the cattle kings and the land barons; mounted police, sheriffs and posses in the pursuit of their elusive prey; bushrangers and outlaws and why they are so loved in popular fantasy; stockmen, ringers and cowboys; early white settlement and both friendly and hostile contact with indigenous peoples; and six shooters, gun slingers, snider rifles and infamous shoot-outs.
9781921920479 9781921920523
Frontier and pioneer life--Australia.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States--West.
Pioneers--Australia--Biography.
Pioneers--United States--Biography.
Australia--History.
West (U.S.)--History.
909.8 994.02 973.5