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 A Woman' s Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian OutbackReady to endure 130-degree heat, wade across swollen rivers, ward off poisonous snakes, and deal with four feisty camels, Robyn Davidson set out on a solo trek across the Australian Outback. Her 1,700 mile journey began as an expression of independence and quickly turned into a struggle against the forces of nature and civilization. Tracks is the compelling story of Davidson's extraordinary courage and her odyssey of discovery and transformation. "Vivid and vivacious...Davidson is as natural a writer as she is an adventurer."
--The New Yorker "It's all very well to set off on a train with no money telling yourself that you're really quite a brave and adventurous person, and you'll deal capably with things as they happen, but when you actually arrive at the other end with no one to meet and nowhere to go and nothing to sustain you but a lunatic idea that even you have no real faith in, it suddenly appears much more attractive to be at home on the kindly Queensland coast, discussing plans and sipping gins on the verandah with friends, and making unending lists of lists which get thrown away, and reading books about camels."
--Robyn Davidson, from Tracks  Paperback 256 pages - 5 1/4" x 8" - (6/95)
ZD2876 Tracks $14.00
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