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Absolutely Revolting
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Learning from the Land

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

by Susan Ryan •
March 1981, no. 28

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

Jonathan Cape, $17.95 pb, 256 pp

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But why would anyone want to do it? This seems a reasonable question to ask about Robyn Davidson’s self-imposed ordeal: Davidson taught herself from scratch to tame and train camels, then travelled with four of them and one dog across 1700 miles of desert from Alice Springs to the coast of Western Australia. Tracks is the book she wrote about it.

 


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Tracks

Tracks by Robyn Davidson

Jonathan Cape, $17.95 pb, 256 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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