Green Mountains by Bernard O'Reilly

Green Mountains

by Bernard O'Reilly

W. R. Smith & Paterson, 1942 [Eight Impression], black and white photographic frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, hardcover

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, some damage to top spine, staining to top middle of text and spine, covers loosening, text tight, previous owners short gift inscription on front end-paper, gift card pasted to front end-paper (see photographs) 

"Born in 1903 to a pioneering Irish-Catholic family, Bernard O'Reilly spent his first twelve years in the secluded Kanimbla Valley of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. The family then moved to the wild and largely unexplored McPherson Ranges in southern Queensland. Here the innate O'Reilly pioneering spirit eventually succeeded in establishing a haven for guests in the midst of a rain-forest paradise. Bernard O'Reilly died in 1975.
Green Mountains recreates the events surrounding Bernard O'Reilly's heroic search for and discovery of the survivors of the Stinson wreck. In the second part of the book, O'Reilly tells of the family's move to Queensland from the Blue Mountains of New South Wales and their work in establishing the Guest House at Green Mountains." - Goodreads