King Of The Ranges - A Blend Of Fact And Fiction
By Nat Gould
Published by R. A. Everett & Co: London 1902 1st Edition (undated however this copy meets the description of 1st edition as detailed in the Australian Dictionary Of Biography)
"Nathaniel (Nat) Gould (1857-1919), journalist and novelist, was born on 21 December 1857 at Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire, England, only son of Nathaniel Gould, tea merchant, and his wife Mary, née Wright; both parents came from Derbyshire yeomen families. Known as Nat, Gould was educated at Brooks Bar and Strathmore House, Southport, and was then apprenticed to the tea trade, but he found the business irksome and went farming with his uncles. At 20 he answered an advertisement for a position on the Newark Advertiser, where he worked for seven years as a reporter and as correspondent for Nottingham and London newspapers, and became interested in the turf. He decided to visit Australia, arriving in 1884. He was employed on the Brisbane Telegraph in its shipping, commercial and racing departments, and was correspondent for the Sportsman and the Sydney Referee. On 14 April 1886 he married Elizabeth Madelaine Ruska at the Ann Street Presbyterian manse, Brisbane; they had three sons and two daughters."
