In search of a wild brumby - Mike Keenan

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Title
In search of a wild brumby
Author
Mike Keenan
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Australia
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20020801

When Mike Keenan decided to search for a brumby to add to his dwindling stock of farm horses, he never dreamed he'd find himself crashing down a mountain in classic Man from Snowy River style. But he lived to tell the tale-and the result is both an adventure story and a compelling portrait of the life and troubled times of the Australian brumby, and of the mountain people who live alongside them. Brumbies hold a special place in the hearts of many Australians, reared on Banjo Paterson's epic poem and Elyne Mitchell's Silver Brumby novels, and the news of the slaughter of more than 500 in Guy Fawkes National Park caused public outrage. But what does the future hold for the brumbies that have roamed the Snowy Mountains and other wilderness areas for more than 150 years? Are they part of our unique heritage, or merely feral creatures threatening delicate ecosystems? As his quest for a brumby of his own is overtaken by his growing interest in their plight, Mike shares campfires and rollicking yarns with a host of bush characters who could have stepped straight out of Banjo's poem-and pursues the elusive wild horses through the snows, mists, and treacherous bogs of the spectacular Snowy Mountains landscape.

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Mike Keenan is a successful author and a fifth-generation farmer. His first book, The Horses Too Are Gone, was the true story of his fight to save his cattle and his farm from drought. The Shadows of Horses is his fifth book.


Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Wild horses - New South Wales - Snowy Mountains Region.|Wild horses - Victoria.|Adventure and adventurers - New South Wales - Snowy Mountains Region.
Country of Publication
Australia
Number of Pages
288

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