RABBIT KING, THE
by Watson, Catherine
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used|Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0646266721
- ISBN 13
- 9780646266725
- Seller
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Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Niddrie, Vic. : Boniyong Pastoral Co., 1996. Softcover. Used|Very Good. AUSTRALIANA AUSTRALIAN FAUNA (Agriculture) BIOGRAPHYÂ At the age 15, Jack McCraith reached a momentous decision; ""Everyone knows how to catch rabbits,"" he said. ""I'll learn how to sell them."" On his first buying trip, he biked into the countryside and bought two rabbits which he skinned in the back yard and hawked around the neighbours. Within 20 years he controlled a rabbit empire which stretched across half of Australia. In a 40 year career, he exported more then 130 million rabbits. Wherever the rabbits went, he went too, Rabbit chillers and trucks, emblazoned with the legend JOHN A. McCRAITH, Rabbit Exporter, Spencer Street, Melbourne, dotted the back country from the Simpson Desert to the Nullabor Plains. It was a cut-throat and difficult industry filled with unscrupulous people and no-hopers. Chimers were robbed or sabotaged, buyers absconded with the buying money, trucks broke down hundreds of kilometres from the nearest garage. The trappers were tough men but Jack McCraith was tougher. When he had to sort out problems in the bush, he used his fists. His methods were unorthodox. He was a big gambler and he brought the same gambling instincts to his business life.Many of the exporters went broke, but Jack McCraith survived and prospered. The Rabbit King is the previously untold story of the Australian rabbit industry, and how it kept some people alive in the harshest times and made other people very rich. It is also a personal re-telling of an old story about a poor boy who makes good. It is the story of the rise and rise of a man who perfectly suited his time and all that reveals about the way we lived and thought then. 210 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. First Edition. #010923 McCraith, Jack, 1916- Rabbit meat industry -- Australia -- Biography Newspaper articles tipped onto fpd; name on fpd Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Used|Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Elizabeth's Bookshops (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80938
- Title
- RABBIT KING, THE
- Author
- Watson, Catherine
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used|Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0646266721
- ISBN 13
- 9780646266725
- Publisher
- Niddrie, Vic. : Boniyong Pastoral Co.
- Place of Publication
- Niddrie
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 210
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIANA, AUSTRALIANA , Australian Fauna & Flora, Agriculture, Conservation, Natural History, Ecology, BIOGRAPHY, LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, Autobiography
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About Elizabeth's Bookshops
Elizabeth's Bookshops Australia. Bookdealers since 1973.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
Elizabeth's Bookshops are one of Australia's largest second-hand bookshop operations, with 4 shops on both sides of the Australian continent.
For nearly 50 years, Elizabeth's have been major dealers in second-hand and out-of-print books.
Established in 1973, Elizabeth's Bookshops are now in Perth CBD, two shops in Fremantle (WA) and King Street, Newtown (NSW).
All orders are dispatched within 1 business day from our Fremantle Warehouse.
All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia. (7 days a week) 08 9433 3236
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.
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