Ludwig Leichhardt's ghosts : the strange career of a traveling myth /: the strange career of a traveling myth. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Wright Hurley.
• Authors: Hurley, Andrew Wright
• Contents: Introduction -- Discovering, mourning, and honoring Leichhardt between Australia and German-speaking Europe, 1848-1858 -- Ferdinand Mueller, the Ladies Committee, and German-Australian seekers of Leichhardt -- Taking Leichhardt home to Germany with Georg Neumayer -- Uneasily approaching the centenary -- An interwar interregnum, or finding Leichhardt as a "friend of the aborigine"? -- Nazi Leichhardt -- Leichhardt the cold warrior -- Leichhardt explodes, with no end in sight (including a concluding passage "The ghost of a chance").
• Publisher Details: Rochester, New York : Camden House
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (345 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 919.404/2092; Explorers -- Australia -- Biography; Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography; Explorers; Naturalists; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania; Australia; Germany; Biographies; Biographies; Biography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787443624; 1787443620
• Related ISBNs: 1640140131; 9781640140134
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-327) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.