Download or read book Crossing the Dead Heart written by Cecil Thomas Madigan and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of one of the epic adventures of desert exploration. In 1939 Dr. Cecil Madigan led his party of nine men and nineteen camels into the trackless and waterless Simpson Desert on an exciting mission never before attempted. This is a great Australian story of enterprise, scientific investigation, determination and human courage.