The Ghastly Blank: The First Exploration of Australia
Author and war correspondent , ALAN MQOREHEAD was born in Australia , left for Europe at the age of twenty-tire , and has been traveling ever since. Of his war hooks he is best known for GALLTPOLI and his life of Montgomery, and of his travel books , THE WHITE NILE and THE BLUE NILE. The following excerpt is from his new volume , COOPER’S CREEK, to be published by Harper & Row.