Inicio > Humanidades > Historia > Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The New South Wales Headquarters
Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The New South Wales Headquarters

Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The New South Wales Headquarters

Hazel T Johnson

24,08 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Hazel Johnson
Año de edición:
2023
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780645975949
24,08 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Sobre IBD

Thunderous wheels, cracking whips, and the relentless rhythm of hooves pounding dusty tracks-Cobb and Co. didn’t just carry mail, they carried the heartbeat of a growing nation. As the gold rush fever spread and fortunes were made and lost, James Rutherford seized the moment, carving out a near-monopoly on New South Wales mail contracts. He established Bathurst as his stronghold, driving his company to greatness 'with the wind at his back and not a hint of false pride or boastfulness.'This is a journey not for the faint-hearted. Climb aboard the box seat of a Cobb and Co. coach and feel the pulse of adventure as it rattles over rickety bridges and plunges headlong into the unknown. Witness the bearded and moustached whips thundering into Bathurst in triumph, before time and ’the iron horse’ overtook their reign.Danger lurked along the way-broken king-bolts, runaway horses, and shadowy figures stepping from the bush with the chilling cry of 'Bail up!' Was a Cobb and Co. coach truly involved in the infamous Escort Robbery? What really happened during the death of bushranger Hall?Take an extended stop at Abercrombie House, an Australian heritage treasure in Bathurst. Built by Major-General William Stewart in the 1820s, it has been home to the Morgan family for more than half a century, where an original Cobb and Co. coach is on loan from Mr. Ray Green. Complete your journey with an appreciation of the rugged, untamed past-where the unyielding courage of the pioneers was the true test of character, and survival demanded hard work, grit, and unwavering resolve.

Artículos relacionados

  • Raising Freedom's Banner
    Paul Harris
    World wide history of peaceful street demonstrations from their earliest beginning in eighteenth century England to their use throughout the world in the twenty-first century. Describes why some demonstration movements succeeded and others failed. Contrasts demonstrations within the law with civil disobedience demonstrations. Describes Peterloo, the Chartists, the Suffragettes,...
    Disponible

    23,59 €

  • Waipi’o Valley
    Jeffrey L. Gross
    Waipi’o Valley: A Polynesian Journey from Eden to Eden recounts the remarkable migrations of the Polynesians across a third of the circumference of the earth. Their amazing journey began from Kalana i Hau’ola, the biblical “Garden of Eden” located along the shore of the Persian Gulf, extended to the Indus River Valley of ancient Vedic India, to Egypt where some ancestors of the...
    Disponible

    18,64 €

  • Floralia
    June Rainsford Butler
    A century characterized by a growing interest in science, the opportunity for travel, and leisure for gardening furnishes the setting for Butler’s book. The rise of landscape gardening in England is traced, and the origin and history of its most famous gardens are given. The close relation between England and America in the field of horticulture is also discussed.Originally pub...
    Disponible

    61,20 €

  • President Wilson’s Addresses
    Woodrow Wilson
    'These addresses of President Woodrow Wilson are almost entirely concerned with political affairs, and more specifically with defining Americanism. Yet they also show that even as he moved from academia to the heights of politics, Wilson retained something of the teacher’s interest in showing the relation between specific instances and the general forms of thought or action of ...
    Disponible

    20,03 €

  • The Story of my Life
    John Albert Macy
    The Story of My Life, is Helen Keller’s autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. The book is dedicated to inventor Alexander Graham Bell. The dedication reads, 'To ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Who has taught the deaf to speak and enabled the listening ear to hear speech from the Atlantic to the Rockies, I dedicate this Story of My Life.' ...
    Disponible

    36,69 €

  • The Story of My Life Vol. 6 Spanish Passions
    Giacomo Casanova
    Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with 'wom...
    Disponible

    35,99 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The Roaring Days !
    Hazel T Johnson
    Step into the ramping, roaring days when the Royal Mail was delivered by the legendary Cobb and Co. 'Oh, they were good days-rough days, quart pot days, damper days, perhaps-but still, they were big, brave, generous days', as Henry Lawson so aptly put it. Days when the world was wide, and adventure beckoned at every turn.Immerse yourself in an array of amusing anecdotes and unf...
    Disponible

    12,37 €

  • Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - Back to the Beginning
    Hazel T Johnson
    Gold fever. Untamed wilderness. Legends forged in dust and determination.Victoria, raw and wild, called to dreamers and fortune seekers. The gold rush ignited a frenzy-quiet settlements transformed into bustling hubs, teeming with ambition. The colony pulsed with energy, crowded with prospectors, their hopes glittering like the very gold they pursued.Through this restless surge...
    Disponible

    24,59 €

  • Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The Western Run
    Hazel T Johnson
    ’Tchk-tchk! Git-up!’ The journey continues-feel the rhythm of the swingle-bars, the steady beat of hooves, and the bounce of sturdy leather springs as Cobb and Co. charges forward into history. Step into the golden age of Cobb and Co., where dust swirled along bush roads, the sweet scent of ferns and eucalypti lingered on the crisp morning air, and pioneers carved their legacy ...
    Disponible

    22,30 €

  • Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - Cobb’s Coach Drivers
    Hazel T Johnson
    Saddle up for an unforgettable ride through Australia’s untamed past!From bushrangers and highway robberies to floods, fire, and thrilling coach accidents, this collection transports you into the roaring days of Cobb and Co., where adventure lurked at every turn. It’s not just about the coaches-it’s about the fearless men (and occasional women) who took the reins, guiding their...
    Disponible

    26,90 €

  • Along the tracks of Cobb and Co. - The Great Northern Road
    Hazel T Johnson
    The old stagecoach may have vanished from the roads, overtaken by the motor age, but the ghosts of its romantic past still linger.Embark on a journey into the legendary beginnings of the ’American Telegraph Line of Coaches’-the enterprise that became Cobb and Co. On January 1, 1854, John Murray Peck, Freeman Cobb, James Swanton, and John Lamber launched Cobb and Co. on the Bend...
    Disponible

    24,02 €