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In 1788, 11 small ships set sail from England on an eight-month-long voyage over the roughest of seas, carrying 1,500 people, food for two years, and all the equipment needed to build a colony of convicts in a land completely beyond their experience and imagination. In Portsmouth, the fleet's preparation was characterized by disease, promiscuity, and death. The journey itself was one of unbearable hardship, but also of extraordinary resilience. Upon their arrival, however, the colonists faced their biggest challenges of all: conflict, starvation, and despair. Combining the skill of a vigilant journalist with the magic of a master novelist, this entrancing history brings the sights, sounds, sufferings, and joys of the ?First Fleeters” back to life. Journals, letters, reports, and pleas to England are all interwoven here with the author's own insight, and together they convey the innermost horrors and joys of the very first European Australians. The result is a narrative history that is surprising, compelling, and unforgettable.
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392 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Eleven Of The Tiniest Ships Sailed For Eight Months Over The Roughest Of Seas, Carrying Fifteen Hundred People, Food For 2years And All The Equipment Needed To Build A Colony Of Convicts In A Land Completely Beyond Their Experience And Imagination.
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"Brings to life the events and the major characters of this extraordinary journey." --"Sydney Morning Herald"
"A must for your bookshelf . . . the best book I have read all year." --"News Mail"
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- PublisherWilliam Heinemann Australia
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1741667976
- ISBN 13 9781741667974
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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