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Follow My Dust! Jessica Hawke
Follow My Dust! Jessica Hawke
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The biography of Arthur Upfield, creator of the famous 'Bony' detective stories. Here is Upfield's own story, the author of those remarkable murder mysteries set in odd corners of Australia and featuring the Aboriginal sleuth named 'Bony' - a detailed 'dossier' compiled with the cheerful candour of the subject himself. An Englishman by birth, Arthur Upfield tried his luck in Australia. After a short spell as a waiter in Adelaide, Upfield felt drawn towards the Interior where he became a boundary-rider, offside-driver, cattle-drover, opal-gouger, rabbit-trapper, vermin fence patroller and manager of a camel station, drifting through the strange terrains and unusual company which were later to become the subject of his novels. He also tells how he unwittingly provided a real outback murderer with a 'fool-proof' method of disposing of a body, and who was the original on whom the character of 'Bony' was based. With a forward by 'Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte'. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
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Autobiography/Bio/Non-Fiction, Hardback; some light marks on boards; tightly bound and clean within; scarce 1st edition; previous owner's nameShare
