C.T. Madigan - Crossing the Dead Heart

Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011 at 21:56
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Have just read C.T. Madigan's book.... "Crossing the Dead Heart", his story of the 1939 crossing (using camels) the Simpson Desert west to east to Birdsville, then south along the eastern edge of Lake Eyre to Maree. What an amazing narrative. The guy writes like it's a walk in the park.... with amazing detail.

If you haven't read it, it really is worthwile the effort to find a copy. There are many copies (mostly reprints done in the 70's) in book shops all around Australia. It just takes a bit of research to find them. If you end up with a copy of the book that does not have a copy of his map, let me know and I can get a pdf version to you. It's really handy to have the map as you read the book as it put things into perspective.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did (and will again as I read it again).
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Fred B
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