Stony ground, the: the remembered life of convict james ruse
Auteur :
Crowley, Michael
Éditeur :
Waterside Press
ISBN :
9781909976573
Date de publication :
20 juin 2018
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The story of Cornish farmworker James Ruse, reprieved from the hangman's noose and transported to Botany Bay on the First Fleet in 1788. A highly original narrative of exile and survival from rural England to New South Wales and the Tasman Sea filling a gap in the literature of transportation and dramatising a key period in British penal history.