Other characters include prince of poddy-dodgers Harry Redford; the cattle king Sidney Kidman; outback surveyor supreme and all-round good bloke Len Beadell; Aboriginal warrior Jandamarra; Mat Wilson at the NT Depot store; gun shearer Jackie Howe; drover Edna Zigenbine on the Murranji Track; explorer and goldminer Christy Palmerston and eccentrics such as the Gulf Hero and the Barkly Hermit; and drovers who were also painters and poets of repute. "Thirty-two life sketches written with affection, wry humour and respect. For these were no ordinary men and women; their feats are writ larger than life in the annals of the Australian outback". Old Silvertail "Marie Mahood - a true Australian outback writer" - RM Williams Paperback 142 pages