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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Outback Saga
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y separately published work icon Outback Aaron Fletcher , Hong Kong : Horwitz , 1978 Z1460198 1978 single work novel adventure historical fiction romance 'The towering saga of the Garrity family whose founding father was the illegitmate son of a female convict. Brought up in a Sydney orphanage, Patrick Garrity left the brawling city to make a life for himself in the vast back country of New South Wales. This is the story of the women whose destinies were linked with those of Patrick Garrity - Mayrah, the native girl he married and who gave him three children; Elizabeth, the miner's daughter who married into the family and eventually became one of them. A strong-willed family, the Garrity's knew what they wanted and were willing to fight for it.' - (Cover)
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y separately published work icon Outback Station Aaron Fletcher , New York (City) : Leisure Books , 1991 Z1460160 1991 single work novel adventure historical fiction romance 'The Convict: David Kerrick was a man with nothing to lose. Betrayed by the woman he adored, deported to Australia for murdering her lover, he had lost the will to live until the lure of the outback claimed his soul. Captivated by the sweeping wild beauty of the land, its freedom and mystery, he set out to make a piece of it his own. Battling drought and dingoes, bushfires and bushrangers, he lived for the moment until the past came back to haunt him... The Colonist: Wealthy and beautiful, Alexandra Hammond had every reason to disdain the penniless convict who had killed her cousin. But Alexandra was a woman with the strength to judge the truth herself, and the determination to forge her own destiny. Together, they would take on the vast outback, burying the bitternes of the past and planting the seeds of a shining future.' - (Back cover).
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y separately published work icon Walk About Aaron Fletcher , New York (City) : Leisure Books , 1992 Z1460189 1992 single work novel adventure historical fiction romance

'Wrestled from the primordial Australian wilderness, Tibooburra Station had taken the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of Kerricks and given them a magnificent heritage in return. But now the golden legacy of the outback station was threatened by the disappearance of the young boy who would one day inherit it all.

Fleeing the pain of being abandoned by his mother, eight-year-old Jeremy Kerrick wandered the rough-and-ready gold towns of the frontier and came to manhood among the primitive Aborigines. of the vast, unexplored interior. At one with the land, he drew from it an indomitable strength that enabled him to win the woman of his dreams. Together, they would meet the challenge of the outback or die trying.'-(Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Wallaby Track Aaron Fletcher , New York (City) : Leisure Books , 1992 Z1460216 1992 single work novel adventure historical fiction romance 'Sprawling and magnificent, the outback was the territory of jackaroos and convicts, kangaroos and koalas. Many a man was captivated by the lure and mystery of the unending wilderness, but few possessed the strength and daring to tame the savage land. A brilliant young doctor, Stephen Brendell loved the continent his forebears had died trying to conquer, and he vowed to use his skills helping settlers survive. Roaming from the teeming cities to the unchartered interior, he carved a life as tempestuous and unbounded as Australia itself. A woman of weath and privilege, Deirdre Kerrick had the courage to venture into unknown regions without a second thought. But when the heir to her family's sheep station lay dying, she feared their shining destiny would be destroyed - until she found the one man who could save their future and win her heart.' - (Back cover)
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y separately published work icon Outback Legacy Aaron Fletcher , New York (City) : Leisure Books , 1996 Z1928389 1996 single work novel historical fiction

'Bold, breathtaking, and beautiful, the Australian outback called to Lesley Holleck like no other site on the continent. The young firebrand soon realized, however, that the untamed region could exact a brutal price from all who dared enter it. Determined to find her place on the frontier, Lesley battles disasters both natural and man-made.' (Publication summary)

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First known date: 1978
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