Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : the strange career of a traveling myth / Andrew Wright Hurley.
Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : the strange career of a traveling myth / Andrew Wright Hurley.
Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : the strange career of a traveling myth / Andrew Wright Hurley.
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Publisher
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018.
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H 2019/0195
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English
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Physical content
345 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Discovering, mourning, and honoring Leichhardt between Australia and German-speaking Europe, 1848-1858 -- Ferdinand Mueller, the Ladies Committee, and German-Australian seekers of Leichhardt -- Taking Leichhardt home to Germany with Georg Neumayer -- Uneasily approaching the centenary -- An interwar...
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Publisher
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2018.
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"After the renowned Prussian scientist and explorer Ludwig Leichhardt left the Australian frontier in 1848 on an expedition to cross the continent, he disappeared without a trace. Andrew Hurley's book complicates that view by undertaking an afterlife biography of 'the Humboldt of Australia.' Although Leichhardt's remains were never located, he has...
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Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : the strange career of a traveling myth / Andrew Wright Hurley.
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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H 2019/0195
Record Identifier
74VKV0Ob0N6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0Ob0N6X
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ISBN
9781640140134
DDC
919.4042092 B
MMS ID
991024224618702626
