Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1969, 1^st American Edition.  Hard cover, 175 pages.  Very good plus; sound binding, spine ends lightly pushed.  Dust jacket with price intact has a bit of edge wear, a few small dings/tears along edges, short tear at lower front panel repaired on verso; white rear panel shows a few rubs and stray mark.  Interior clean and unmarked.  ‘The ten Bateses – Mother, Father, and eight children – were drovers, which meant that their life was spent driving sheep or cattle for hundreds of miles across the Australian outback country. …  Linda and Albie’s hope of replenishing the family’s herd of horses by capturing brumbies, the wild horses of the outback, is climaxed in a wild drive that ends in dramatic and unexpected tragedy.’ (from front flap)