{"product_id":"coral-sea-calling-ion-idriess-9781923205673","title":"Coral Sea Calling: Pioneer Tales of Australia's Northern Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe treacherous and beautiful Coral Sea is the background for this story of the nineteenth century adventurers on perilous voyages into its waters in search of the \u003cem\u003ebêche-de-mer\u003c\/em\u003e and pearl shell; of the savage chiefs who ruled its islands; of the seamen who charted it; of the explorers struggling up the Queensland coast; a tale of the taming of the wilderness and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...as in all Idriess books, there is always something good somewhere; and here it is the two chapters on Jemmy the Hook, who had had both hands chopped off by mutinous islander-crews, and who returned with iron hooks instead of hands to take a gruesome vengeance on yet another mutinous crew; it is a story which calls all the Idriess descriptive powers into play, and the reader avid of blood-and-guts can be assured of exactly that\u003c\/em\u003e. - \u003cem\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e, 1957\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs so often in Australian letters, an initial fall into obscurity and harsh judgments of the literary establishment serve as good indicators of a writer's pre-eminence\u003c\/em\u003e. - Nicholas Rothwell, \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ion Idriess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923205676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923205673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ETT Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"Ion Idriess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241559208191,"sku":"9781923205673","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_253e4a44-f59e-4bd8-87c5-dbf54c942f7b.jpg?v=1772654977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coral-sea-calling-ion-idriess-9781923205673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}