224 pages. First published 1980, third impression. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. "The history of cattle farming and cattlemen of the Victorian Alps, and recounts the details of the present generation of cattlemen and their predecessors. The cattlemen recount their own experiences and those of their mates, and tell of their horses, their cattle and their dogs. The authors decided to write the book because they foresaw the demise of the mountain cattlemen and their ways, under the combined pressures of a declining beef industry and pressure from conservationists. The book is illustrated with many photographs in colour and black and white. Photographs; appendices; index; maps on endpapers."