The Dig Tree
Subtitle: A True Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontier
Edition: 1st Broadw edition
Publisher: Broadway
Published: September 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780767908283
Subjects: History: World; History; Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860-1861; History - General History; Expeditions & Discoveries; History / Australia & Oceania; Burke and Wills Expedition, 18; Australia & New Zealand - General; Australia; Discovery and exploration
First sentence: When Captain James Cook stood on the deck of the Endeavour in March 1770 and felt the hot dry winds filling her sails off Australia's southern coast, he declared that the country's interior would be nothing but desert.