Tracks

When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler...

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Main Author: Davidson, Robyn, 1950- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014.
Edition:Vintage departures edition.
Series:Vintage departures.
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Summary:When Robyn Davidson first set out to make her journey across the deserts of Australia, alone but for her dog and four camels, she was called a lunatic, a would-be suicide, and a shameless publicity seeker. But this high-spirited, engrossing book reveals that she is something more: a genuine traveler driven by a love of Australia's landscape, an empathy for its indigenous people, and a willingness to cast away the trappings of her former identity.
Item Description:Reprint with author's 2012 postscript. Previously published: New York : Vintage Books, 1995. originally published in the United States: New York : Pantheon Books, 1980.
Physical Description:270 pages : 1 map ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
ISBN:9780679762874 (pbk.) :
0679762876 (pbk.) :
9781101872451
1101872454
Author Notes:Robyn Davidson was born in Queensland, Australia, and is the author of Tracks , the extraordinary account of her 1,700-mile journey across Australia with four camels, which won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and became a film in 2013. She has written extensively for National Geographic and other magazines, and is also the author of Desert Places , the novel Ancestors , and the essay collection Travelling Light . Ms. Davidson lives in London, India, and Australia.