Full name: Eyre: the Forgotten Explorer

Author: Ivan Rudolph Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Google Books Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780732297152 073229715X

Edward John Eyre was one of the bravest explorers to tackle the unforgiving Australian outback - and one of the youngest. Lake Eyre, the Eyre Peninsula, the Eyre Highway that traverses the Nullarbor between Adelaide and Perth, and many other landmarks are named after him - so why do Australians know so little about him today? Based on original documents, letters and previously unpublished material, this fascinating portrait of a forgotten hero of Australia reveals a young explorer who lived a dynamic and adventurous life in the early years of the colonies. Similar books: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Fearless by Eric Blehm The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson Truman by David McCullough 41 by George W. Bush Grateful American by Gary Sinise The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Einstein by Walter Isaacson Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber