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This is Klaus Hueneke's third history book set in the SNowy Mountains. It follows on the success of Huts of the High Country (th bible) and Kiandra to Kosciusko, ha history of long journeys ascross the mountains. This book is based on nearly 100 interviews with stockmen, bullockies, housewives, graziers, skiers, hermits, dingo trappers, bushwalkers, scientists, saw millers and cave guides.
The stories have minimal editing so the storyteller's unique forms of expression are retained. There are engrossing tales of hazardous brumby chases, felling tall alpine ash, fugitives on the run, cattle dying in blizzards, the first primitive ski tows, as well as poems like The Coolamon Ball, and entries from mountain hut logbooks such as the Rhyme of the Ancient Mountaineer and Once Upon a Rat. Many of the 200 photos haven't been published before and ther is an extensive Who's Who with 500 entries.
EDITOR: Klaus Hueneke
FORMAT: Paperback
PAGES: 383 Pages
SIZE: 190 x 280 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Tabletop Press
PUBLISHED DATE: 1994, latest reprint 1997
ISBN: 0959084193
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