Albert of Adelaide : a novel
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Fredonia Public Library - Fiction
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viii, 225 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Maps on endpapers.
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"Having escaped from Australia's Adelaide Zoo, an orphaned platypus named Albert embarks on a journey through the outback in search of "Old Australia," a rumored land of liberty, promise, and peace. What he will find there, however, away from the safe confinement of his enclosure for the first time since his earliest memories, proves to be a good deal more than he anticipated. Alone in the outback, with an empty soft drink bottle as his sole possession, Albert stumbles upon pyromaniacal wombat Jack, and together they spend a night drinking and gambling in Ponsby Station, a rough-and-tumble mining town. Accused of burning down the local mercantile, the duo flees into menacing dingo territory and quickly go their separate ways-Albert to pursue his destiny in the wastelands, Jack to reconcile his past. Encountering a motley assortment of characters along the way-a pair of invariably drunk bandicoots, a militia of kangaroos, hordes of the mercurial dingoes, and a former prize-fighting Tasmanian devil-our unlikely hero will discover a strength and skill for survival he never suspected he possessed."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Anderson, H. (2012). Albert of Adelaide: a novel . Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anderson, Howard, 1943-. 2012. Albert of Adelaide: A Novel. Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Anderson, Howard, 1943-. Albert of Adelaide: A Novel Twelve, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Anderson, Howard. Albert of Adelaide: A Novel Twelve, 2012.
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