The Fatal ShoreA riveting, brilliantly written account of the birth of Australia out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. The epic story of a jail that became a flourishing nation, by the author of The Shock of the New. 16 pages of halftones. |
Contents
The Harbor and the Exiles I | 1 |
A Horse Foaled by an Acorn | 19 |
The Geographical Unconscious | 43 |
Copyright | |
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