A Man Called Possum : The mystery man who became an legend [signed]

Book condition is very good. Spine intact. Front and back covers clean. Book block clean. Text body clean. This is the fascinating and true story of a bush legend of the twentieth century , Known only from fleeting glimpses to the people of South Australia's Riverland region who gave him his name, the Possum deliberately turned his back on society to live almost entirely off land as a recluse along the banks of Murray River between Wentworth, NSW and Renmark , S.A It took Max Jones, country detectives, almost thirty years to solve a mystery behind the man called Possum. From close encounters, brief meeting and full scale Conservations with the man himself, and from the testimony of others, the author placed pieced together Possum's extraordinary life story, this story revels yet another remarkable character - the author himself. For, after patient investigation and finally forging a friendship with the possum, Max Jones also had wisdom and humanity to respect his fierce independence . A Man called Possum stands as a fine memorial to a man will to forgo modern comforts and human relations for a life in the harshness and freedom of the bush.