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The wild west in Australia and America. Volume 1, An historical comparison of true frontier tales / Jack Drake.

By: Drake, Jack [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Salisbury, Brisbane : Boolarong Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: [Second edition]Description: xvi, 221 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781921920479; 9781921920523Other title: Historical comparison of true frontier talesSubject(s): Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia | Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- West | Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography | Pioneers -- United States -- Biography | Australia -- History | West (U.S.) -- HistoryDDC classification: 909.8 | 994.02 | 973.5 Summary: 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.

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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.

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