Desert droving, saddling and shooting : the outback lives of Marie and Snowy Brosnan / as told to Marion Hercock.
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TextPublication details: Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2012Description: x, 69 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 30 cmISBN: 9780859055420 (pbk.)Other title: Outback lives of Marie and Snowy BrosnanSubject(s): Brosnan, Warner, (Snowy) | Brosnan, Marie | Country life -- Australia -- 20th century -- Biography | Drovers -- Australia -- Biography | Cattle drives -- Australia -- History -- 20th century | Shooters of firearms -- Australia -- Biography | Saddlery -- Australia -- History -- 20th century | Leather workers -- Australia -- Biography | Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Biography | Australia -- Rural conditions -- 20th century -- Biography | AustralianDDC classification: 630.9940922 Summary: At the age of twelve Warner Snowy Brosnan had a longing to ride horses, and when he saw Chips Rafferty in The Overlanders he vowed that one day he would be a drover. Snowy's dream came true, with all the thrills and falls, the blood and boredom, and rough and tumble of droving cattle. Now in his seventies, and one of the last surviving drovers of along the Canning Stock Route, Snowy Brosnan shares his memories of a vanished way of life in the Australian outback. A life on the land that started when he became a ringer, and later graduated to stockman, drover and saddler. At the age of eight Marie Brosnan loved reading cowboy books, and when she met her cowboy - Snowy - she found out that the real life cowboy was far removed from the romantic character in the story books. She became a first rate shot and 'head stockman' at Hooley Station, but never lost her stylish looks or waivered in her loyalty. The contrasting voices of Marie and Snowy Brosnan are brought to life in this lively memoir.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65) and indexes.
At the age of twelve Warner Snowy Brosnan had a longing to ride horses, and when he saw Chips Rafferty in The Overlanders he vowed that one day he would be a drover. Snowy's dream came true, with all the thrills and falls, the blood and boredom, and rough and tumble of droving cattle. Now in his seventies, and one of the last surviving drovers of along the Canning Stock Route, Snowy Brosnan shares his memories of a vanished way of life in the Australian outback. A life on the land that started when he became a ringer, and later graduated to stockman, drover and saddler. At the age of eight Marie Brosnan loved reading cowboy books, and when she met her cowboy - Snowy - she found out that the real life cowboy was far removed from the romantic character in the story books. She became a first rate shot and 'head stockman' at Hooley Station, but never lost her stylish looks or waivered in her loyalty. The contrasting voices of Marie and Snowy Brosnan are brought to life in this lively memoir.
© Marion Hercock, 2012.
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