Gaolbird
Author(s): Simon Barnard
It's 23 October 1821 and convict William Swallow stands on the deck of the Malabar for muster. He is wearing a canary yellow convict uniform and his legs are chained. He's just completed the 121-day sea voyage from London to Hobart Town, but his wild and audacious adventures have barely begun.
He'll soon ditch the convict uniform and the chains, take part in a mutiny, become a pirate captain and fool the world in what just might be the most outrageous and unbelievable true story in Australia's convict history.
Product Information
Simon Barnard was born and grew up in Launceston. He spent a lot of time in the bush as a boy, which led to an interest in Tasmanian history. He is a writer, illustrator and collector of colonial artifacts. He won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books in the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year awards for his first book, A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land. His second book Convict Tattoos, was published by Text in August 2016. He lives in Melbourne.
General Fields
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- : Text Publishing Company
- : Text Publishing Company
- : 0.46
- : 01 June 2017
- : 230mm X 300mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Barnard
- : Hardback
- : 40