Ludwig Leichhardt's Ghosts: The Strange Career of a Traveling Myth
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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 been sought and textually "found" many times over, particularly in Australia and Germany. He remains...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1640140131
ISBN13:9781640140134
Release Date:October 2018
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:356 Pages
Weight:1.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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