"An outstanding achievement: the forgotten heroes of Australia's
great era of adventure and creativity brought to life". -- Lindsay
Tanner
'Today, even well-informed readers have probably not heard of most
of these names. As a life-long historian, I must confess that I had
not heard of one life vividly narrated in this book: George
Finch's. We learn that "he excelled at two completely unrelated
activities - mountaineering and science - when most of us cannot
achieve even one". His fame has been eclipsed by a member of the
next generation of Finchs, Peter Finch the actor...I found the book
engaging as well as revealing.' -- Geoffrey Blainey
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