Friday, February 10, 2017

LOCKWOOD BOOK REVIVES FABULOUS CROCODILE DUNDEE TERRITORY



The  first  book by  prominent  Melbourne Herald   journalist  Douglas Lockwood -Crocodiles  and  Other People -published  by  Cassell , 1959 , is about to  be republished in  an  updated  version by Westprint  Lockwood , a  Nhill , Victoria , based outback  retailer and  Kim Lockwood , the author's  son.  The end of each  chapter carries information on what happened to the people mentioned within  .  It will be published in  a  quarter  leather  bound edition  and  also a  soft  quality  version  to  suit  book lovers with  different pockets. Our copy ,  above ,   published  by   Rigby , 1963, the  dust  jacket designed  by  Gloria Brown .  

 Depending on the success of  this launch , Kim says  most of  the  other popular  books  his father  wrote   may   also  be   published.   Kim points out  that  Doug's   Australia's  Pearl  Harbour  , mentioned recently in  this blog  in  connection with the  looming  75th  anniversary of the  bombing of  Darwin by the Japanese , is still selling moderately well under the title  Australia Under  Attack , published by New Holland , which  also  produces  I, the Aboriginal .  
 
Lockwood   was  in  Darwin  the  day of  the  Japanese  attack and  while based there he travelled  far and wide   in the  Northern  Territory  , just one of his excellent  stories  winning  the  London Evening News  1250 pound  prize for the  World's  Strangest Story .