Research Catalog

Title

Gold-dust and saddle bags : tales from the Cavalcade / Sally Rae and Stephen Jaquiery.

Author

Rae, Sally.

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : Halcyon Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

Jaquiery, Stephen, 1961-

Description

199 p. : col. ill.; 19 x 29 cm.

Summary

Not all of the prospectors seeking their fortunes in Central Otago goldfields unearthed treasure, many only found the hardships of hard work, hunger, extremes of climate and the disappointment of barren claims. Using the same transport of horse, wagon and boot, 150 years later, processions of modern day adventures follow the original gold trails, suffer the same blisters, are scorched by the same sun, feel the same sting of frozen snow but are lured by a different wealth.

Subject

• Otago Goldfields Heritage Cavalcade
• Packhorse camping > Otago
• Frontier and pioneer life > Otago
• Trail riding
• Horsemanship

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"For the past 20 years the Otago Goldfields Cavalcade has attached up to 500 people annually from throughout New Zealand and the world seeking their own journey; one of companionship, beating the weather gods, but mostly a journey through unspoilt backcountry of unparalled beauty. Between them, writer Sally Rae, and photographer Stephen Jaquiery have clocked up half of these Cavalcades. Multi-award winning newspaper photographer, Stephen beautifully freezes the very essence of the Otago backcountry's magnificence and its annual procession of horses. Sally tells the stories like an old master. Hardcases, some famous; most not, men and women from all walks of life, stories about heartland Kiwis with a common bond. Often laugh-out-loud funny, this book tells of love found on the trail, life-threatening moments, catering secrets and much more." -- Back cover.

ISBN

• 9781877566288 (pbk.)
• 1877566284 (pbk.)

OCLC

817792321

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library