Tracks

by Max Jones

Stories of famous Aboriginal trackers with the South Australian Police Department. These real-life Sherlock Holmes found criminals, children and others lost in bush or desert, escapees, and even canine sheep-killers. Compiled from his diaries by a retired Detective Sergeant of the Riverland CID who worked alongside and admired the trackers for 23 years.

144 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Leilani Talei · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book more than 6years ago when I was still in high school. It was the first ever book I had read on aboriginal tracking and by far has been the best I've read. Max Jones, a police inspector during the time the incidents he wrote about occurred, wrote so well on the relationship he had with the trackers he met and their reliability. It was through this book that I came to learn about the aboriginal tracker Jimmy James which lead to a growing fascination with the ability to TRACK.

Thank you Max Jones for such a wonderful book. I had lost my copy of your book not long after I read it, and just today found another copy. Words cannot express how relieved I am to get myself another copy. This book was worth the wait!

[Richard Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

An invaluable insight into the art of tracking.