Men of the Jungle

Mr Idriess’s vivid pages recall busy days when Cooktown was lively with prospectors from northern Peninsula goldfields: when men from the south-western tin fields, from the beautiful Bloomfield and those wild outposts, the Scrub Camp and China Camp, made the old town merry. With a personal inscription, ‘To young Herb, Formerly with Cheerio from Jack Idriess, Horsey! Keep your tail up! Jack Idriess.

Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Date Published: 1955

Book Condition: Good hardcover minus dust jacket. Some weathering and age markings to covers with a minor lean to the spine. Previous owner’s name to to top of paste down of the front cover, some age tanning throughout, otherwise a good copy internally.