Cooper's Creek
Subtitle: tragedy and adventure in the Australian outback
By: by Alan Moorehead.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781616080228
Subjects: Burke, Robert O'Hara, -- 1821-1861 -- Travel -- Australia; Wills, William John, -- 1834-1861 -- Travel -- Australia; Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860-1861; Explorers -- Australia -- Biography; Wilderness areas -- Australia -- History -- 19th century; Wilderness survival -- Australia -- History -- 19th century; Australia -- Discovery and exploration; Cooper's Creek Region (Qld. and S. Aust.) -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Biography
Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1963.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ghastly brink; title: Sturt; title: The expedition assembles; title: The journey to Menindie; title: Menindie to Cooper's Creek; title: To the gulf; title: The rearguard; title: The return from the gulf; title: Back to Menindie; title: Towards Mount Hopeless; title: The rescue parties set out; title: Howitt's march; title: Back to Melbourne; title: The Royal Commission; title: The public penance.