The Horses Too Are Gone
By (Author) Michael Keenan
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Bantam
1st August 1998
Australia
General
Non Fiction
630
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 194mm, Spine 24mm
294g
The true story of Michael Keenan's struggle to survive against mounting odds, and an action-packed adventure that rivals any fiction. The drought had reached crisis point. Cattle farmer Mike Keenan decided there was only one solution- he would have to get his starving cattle - and his beloved horses - to greener pastures north of the border. But when he finally got there he found his troubles had only just begun. South-west Queensland seemed like a modern-day Wild West, and as Keenan moved his cattle along the traditional droving routes in search of long-term pasture, he had to match wits with a host of characters - as well as Nature herself. Mike Keenan writes with a deep passion and knowledge of Australian life on the land, tinged with a sadness and nostalgia for a way of life that is under threat. The Horses Too Are Gone will strike a chord with all Australians.
Mike Keenan is a successful author and a former farmer. His first book , The Horses too are Gone, was the true story of his fight to save his cattle and his farm from drought. Since selling the family property, Mike has lived in the Blue Mountains, NSW, but has the itch to farm again. http://www.michaelkeenan.com.au