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The names of animals, people, and places in this book have been changed to protect privacy.

© 2014, Text and photographs by Rafael de Grenade

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Published 2014 by Milkweed Editions

Cover design by Brad Norr Design

Cover photo and interior photos by Rafael de Grenade

Author photo by Jaime de Grenade

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Grenade, Rafael de, 1980–

Stilwater : finding wild mercy in the outback / Rafael de Grenade.

pages cm

Summary: “Set on an abandoned cattle ranch in Queensland, Australia, this memoir explores the power of a beautiful coastal landscape, contrasting this place with the brutality of modern ranching, and exploring the tension between wildness and human efforts to create order from it”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-57131-888-6 (ebook)

1. Ranching—Australia. 2. Feral cattle—Australia. 3. Grenade, Rafael de, 1980—Travel—Australia. 4. Australia—Description and travel. I. Title.

SF196.A8G74 2014

994.3’8072092—dc23

2013043098

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