Drake, Jack, <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Central Queensland University Press, 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references (pages [200]-207) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781921920479 9781921920523 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Australia.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--United States--West.<br/>Pioneers--Australia--Biography.<br/>Pioneers--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia--History.<br/>West (U.S.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.8 994.02 973.5