| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0385497539 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
9780385497534 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
949.40431 Tho |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
949.40431 Tho |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thomson, Alice |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The singing line |
| Remainder of title |
tracking the Australian adventures of my intrepid Victorian ancestors / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alice Thomson. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st Anchor books ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Anchor Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
292 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published in the United Kingdon by Random House UK. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In 1855, Charles Todd and his impetuous young bride Alice--for whom Alice Springs would be named--left the comfort of Victorian England for the wilds of South Australia, a place so isolated that letters from home took five months to arrive. It was Charles's dream to improve this situtaion. In 1870, Todd set out with an army of men, supplies, and Afghan camels to run a telegraph line--"the singing line"--from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north.
Braving scorching sun, flies, mosquitoes, drenching rains, and all manner of terrible food, Alice Thomson and her husband retraced that trek more than a century later. The result is a wry and mesmerizing narrative--combining the delights of travel writing, family memoir, and colonial history in a thoroughly enjoyable tale. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
78361 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thomson, Alice |
| Dates associated with a name |
1967- |
| General subdivision |
Family |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Todd, Charles Heavitree |
| Dates associated with a name |
1826-1910 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Todd, Alice |
| Dates associated with a name |
1836- |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Todd family |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Travelers |
| Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Travelers' writings |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Australia |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |