num_pages: 220
description: At the age of 13 Sidney Kidman ran away from home with only five shillings in his pocket. He went on to become a horse dealer, drover, cattle buyer and bush jockey and he also ran a coach business. Above all, Kidman created a mighty cattle empire of more than a hundred stations, fighting droughts, bushfires, floods and plagues of vermin to do so. His enterprise and courage won him a huge fortune and made him a legend.
language: English
title: Cattle King: The Rags-to-Riches Story of Sydney Kidman in Outback Australia
titlecomplete: Cattle King: The Rags-to-Riches Story of Sydney Kidman in Outback Australia
genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Australia
ratings_count: 223
publisher: Harpercollins Publisher