The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST EXPLORER
$29.75
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
26 October 2021
Summary
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia’s most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by Australia’s greatest storyteller.
Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived. The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography, then sailing for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733647765 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733647766 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 26 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 730g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 43mm |
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About The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BREAKER MORANT, BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH’S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history.
Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson - journalist, magazine editor and television presenter - have three children; they live in Sydney.
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