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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Hell West and Crooked : A Living Legend, a Real-Life Crocodile Dundee
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'Hell West and Crooked is the autobiographical account of a young Englishman's life in the Outback during the 1920s and 1930s, from his days as a drover and stationhand in the toughest country in Australia to his experiences as a buffalo shooter and crocodile hunter in the Northern Territory before the war.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1988 .
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      Extent: 356 p., [16] p. of platesp.
      Description: ill., maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • "This publication was commissioned by the Northern Territory Council of the Australian Bicentennial Authority to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary in 1988"--T.p. verso.
      ISBN: 0732224039
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Cornstalk Publishing , 1994 .
      Extent: 356p.
      Description: ill., ports., maps
      ISBN: 0207187037
    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2013 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 352p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2013
      ISBN: 9780732297312, 0732297311

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording; large print; braille

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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 March 2013; (p. 14) The Sunday Age , 3 March 2013; (p. 14)
Books That Changed Me : Neil Jenman Neil Jenman , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 March 2013; (p. 14) The Sunday Age , 3 March 2013; (p. 14)
Let's See These Yarns up on the Big Screen Katina Vangopoulos , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: NT News , 23 January 2016; (p. 20) NT News , 29 January 2016; (p. 34)
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