Whisper at dawn / Frank Coates.

By: Coates, Frank [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney, NSW HarperCollins Publishers, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 425 pages : 1 map ; 24 cmContent type: cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780732292324 (paperback); 0732292328 (pbk.)Subject(s): 2000-2099 | Man-woman relationships -- Africa -- Fiction | Romance fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Africa -- Fiction | Big game hunting -- Africa -- Fiction | Safaris -- Africa -- Fiction | Secrecy -- Fiction | Hunters -- Africa -- Fiction | Australian fiction | Australian fiction -- 21st century | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Social conditions | Hunters | Man-woman relationships | Australian fiction | Africa, East -- Fiction | Africa -- Fiction | Africa, East -- History -- Fiction | Africa, Eastern -- Social conditions -- Fiction | Africa, East | Africa, Eastern | AfricaGenre/Form: Australian fiction | Romance fiction | Romance fiction. | Australian fiction | Romance fiction | Fiction. | History. | Love stories. | Adventure fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR9619.4.C63
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At the dawn of the 20th century, sixteen-year-old Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway runs through an unimaginable wilderness of wild game. Old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune at last as a white hunter. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa -- but tragedy forces her to return to Australia.Years later, as the shadow of war once again falls across the continent, Liz returns to Africa and the man she has dreamed of since childhood. But Dan has secrets that threaten to shatter their love, and he must decide at last what courage truly means.
Summary: At the dawn of the 20th century, sixteen-year-old Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway runs through an unimaginable wilderness of wild game. Old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune at last as a white hunter. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa - but tragedy forces her to return to Australia. Years later, as the shadow of war once again falls across the continent, Liz returns to Africa and the man she has dreamed of since childhood. But Dan has secrets that threaten to shatter their love, and he must decide at last what courage truly means.
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At the dawn of the 20th century, sixteen-year-old Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway runs through an unimaginable wilderness of wild game. Old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune at last as a white hunter. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa -- but tragedy forces her to return to Australia.Years later, as the shadow of war once again falls across the continent, Liz returns to Africa and the man she has dreamed of since childhood. But Dan has secrets that threaten to shatter their love, and he must decide at last what courage truly means.

At the dawn of the 20th century, sixteen-year-old Dan Sullivan signs on to fight the Boers, but discovers war has horrors beyond the battle fields. In East Africa, a railway runs through an unimaginable wilderness of wild game. Old Bill Freeman sees his chance to make his fortune at last as a white hunter. Bill's young granddaughter, Liz, falls in love with Dan and with Africa - but tragedy forces her to return to Australia. Years later, as the shadow of war once again falls across the continent, Liz returns to Africa and the man she has dreamed of since childhood. But Dan has secrets that threaten to shatter their love, and he must decide at last what courage truly means.

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