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The Singing Line : Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors
Overview
In 1870, Charles Todd set out with an army of men, supplies, and Afghan camels to run a telegraph line--"the singing line"-- from Adelaide in the south of Australia to Darwin in the north. Braving scorching sun, flies, mosquitoes, drenching rains, and more, Alice Thomson and her husband retraced that trek more than a century later. The result is a mesmerizing narrative.
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- ISBN-13: 9780385497534
- ISBN-10: 0385497539
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: October 2000
- Dimensions: 7.58 x 4.96 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.88 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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