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John King [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Villiers, Eric.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explorers--Australia--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Australia--Discovery and exploration--19th century.
- Australia.
- King, John, 1841-1872.
- King, John.
- Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861).
- Burke and Wills Expedition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Other Title:
- John King
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This story reveals the string of injustices done to John King by powerful contemporaries and subsequent historians, and on the 150th anniversary of his survival, seeks to give him his rightful place in the Burke and Wills historiography.
- Contents:
- John King Ireland's Forgotten Explorer - Australia's First Hero; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preamble; Introduction; 1 From Famine to Fame; 2 Music, Culture and War; 3 Burke Finds a Fellow Soldier; 4 Commotions and Promotions; 5 A Christmas Cosmic Epiphany; 6 King of the Outback; 7 Burke Ruins Last Chance for Survival; 8 The Rescue of King; 9 A Hero is Born ... and Buried; 10 Honours, Dishonour and Extraordinary Secrets; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-908448-66-0
- OCLC:
- 870598741
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