The Resource The roving party, Rohan Wilson
The roving party, Rohan Wilson
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The item The roving party, Rohan Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, single-minded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man. This is the roving party and their purpose is massacre. With promises of freedom, land grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the prize. Passing over many miles of tortured country, the roving party searches for Aborigines, taking few prisoners and killing freely, Batman never abandoning the visceral intensity of his hunt. And all the while, Black Bill pursues his personal quarry, the much-feared warrior, Manalargena. A surprisingly beautiful evocation of horror and brutality, The Roving Party is a meditation on the intricacies of human nature at its most raw"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The roving party
- Title
- The roving party
- Statement of responsibility
- Rohan Wilson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, single-minded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man. This is the roving party and their purpose is massacre. With promises of freedom, land grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the prize. Passing over many miles of tortured country, the roving party searches for Aborigines, taking few prisoners and killing freely, Batman never abandoning the visceral intensity of his hunt. And all the while, Black Bill pursues his personal quarry, the much-feared warrior, Manalargena. A surprisingly beautiful evocation of horror and brutality, The Roving Party is a meditation on the intricacies of human nature at its most raw"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Rohan
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.3.W5845
- LC item number
- R68 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Label
- The roving party, Rohan Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn878837074
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616954826
- Lccn
- 2013025993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- The roving party, Rohan Wilson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn878837074
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616954826
- Lccn
- 2013025993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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