Croc!
Savage tales from Australia's wild frontier
Published on 1. December 2008
272 pages
978-1-74176-347-8 (ISBN)
Description
A rip-roaring collection of yarns about what happens when crocodiles and people collide.
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Language
English
Place of publication
NSW
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
2,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74176-347-8 (9781741763478)
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12/2008
Allen & Unwin
€32.37
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Person
Robert Reid is a Cairns-based journalist who has written and self-published two crime stories.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Shooters
- 1 Rene Henri
- 2 Vince Vlasoff
- 3 Lloyd Grigg
- 4 G.J. (George) Craig
- 5 Bob Plant
- 6 Jack Sweeney
- 7 Ron and Krys Pawlowski
- 8 Louie Komsic
- 9 German Jack and Crocodile Mick
- 10 Bryan Peach
- Part 2: Fatal Encounters
- 11 Peter Reimers: Eaten alive
- 12 Beryl Wruck: Deat on the Daintree
- 13 Kate McQuarrie: A short but deadly swim
- 14 Cassey Bond: The river of doom
- 15 Graham Freeman: 'I saw the terror in his eyes'
- 16 Barry Jefferies: Death strikes swiftly
- Part 3: Great Escapes
- 17 The terror of Eubenangee Swamp
- 18 'I thought I was a goner'
- 19 Escape at Chinaman Creek
- 20 A fright for Taleesha
- 21 'He was bigger than the boat'
- 22 Daring leap saved schoolgirl
- 23 Crocodile 'Granny' Dundee
- 24 'Don't let him eat me!'
- 25 More great escapes
- Part 4: Croc Bites
- 26 The crocodile haters
- 27 Crazy croc capers
- 28 How big is big?
- 29 To cull or not to cull
- You've been warned . . .
