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Picture Books
My Place (Nadia Wheatley) $7 HB EC (PB $19.95) (Bumping to top edge of spine), $6 PB VGC A wonderfully intimate history of Australia starting in 1988 and going back 200 years to 1788. Young readers learn its history by being told the story of one particular place by the generations of Australian children who have lived there. Rich in detail, with maps that the successive generations of children have drawn. Nadia Wheatley is an historian and, together with illustrator Donna Rawlins, they have successfully combined their mutual curiosity about the past to show the story of Australia as seen by children. 6-11 YO THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS Highly recommended! http://www.amazon.com/My-Place-Nadia-Wheatley/dp/0916291545
Cat Crusoe (Mary Small) $4 PB VGC Once upon a time lived a very special black and white cat who was destined to leave the poorest part of the London slums by ship and end up marooned on King Island in Bass Strait and saved, to live another day as the endearing Cat Crusoe. Lovely picture book. 5-10 http://www.marysmall.com.au/books/catcrusoe.htm
Take Me Back (Anna Ciddor) $6 HB EC, $4 PB GC An amazing picture book filled with gorgeous paintings and charming text showing the First Fleet’s arrival, life as a pioneer, town life and the Victorian era right through to modern days. 5-10 Recommended!
The Migrant Mouse (Keith Smith) $3 HB VGC, $2 PB GC Tells the story of the arrival of Cpt. Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet in 1788 through the life of a mouse. Lovely picture book. 5-8 YO
The Little Convict (Yoram Gross) $5 HB VGC Great picture book set in the 1800's introducing Toby Nelson, a young convict boy who is transported by a convict ship to Australia. 5-10 YO http://cgi.ebay.com.au/The-Little-Convict-from-the-Rolf-Harris-Film_W0QQitemZ320278872195QQihZ011QQcategoryZ153103QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
The Castaways Of Hell’s Gates (Based on an episode from Marcus Clarke’s “For The Term Of His Natural Life”) $5 HB EC A lovely picture book with line sketches, a classic of Australian historical fiction. Sylvia Vickers and her mother are marooned on a lonely beach with no way of escape. One night, Rufus Dawes, an escaped convict, starving and desperate, makes his way to their fire. Little do they know that he holds the key to their freedom. 8-12 YO
In the Wake of the Mary Celeste (Gary Crew & Michael Ingpen) $3 HB VGC (Ex lib) In December, 1872, the brigatine Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean. She was in full sail and in seaworthy condition, but had no crew aboard. So began one of the great mysteries of the sea. The author Gary Crew, and illustrator, Robert Ingpen have found the answer! 6-11 YO http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/gary-crew/in-wake-of-mary-celeste.htm
The Whalers (Bronwyn Bancroft) $4 HB EC This story tells in verse about the whaling industry and the orcas and their relationship with the Aboriginal whalers of Twofold Bay. The killer whales assisted the Indigenous whalers but moved north when the non-Indigenous whalers moved in. Stepping between Aboriginal Dreaming stories and the Australian yarn, the Whalers reflects the ideas and practice of reconciliation. 6-10 YO SHORTLISTED FOR NSW PREMIER'S HISTORY AWARDS; SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR. http://www.foodclassics.com/store/bancroft/2/The-Whalers-Bronwyn-Bancroft-Roland-Robinson-370336819309.html
Chapter Books & Novels
The Goat Who Sailed the World (Jackie French) $6 PB VGC (Ex lib) Captain Cook's goat had already sailed around the world before it went on its first voyage with Cook, and helped save everyone on board the ship from scurvy. As well as telling the story of this less-than- famous goat, the book looks at the great sea explorations of the eighteenth century, including Cook's voyage to Australia. 9+ SHORTLISTED FOR THE KOALA (KIDS OWN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AWARDS) FICTION FOR OLDER READERS http://www.amazon.co.uk/Goat-Sailed-World-Jackie-French/dp/0207200777
Ned’s Kang-u-roo (Vashti Farrer) $5 PB VGC (Ex lib) Twelve-year-old farm boy Ned Wattrous runs away to sea on HMS Endeavour, captained by James Cook. Wrecked in the shallow waters of the great coral reef, Ned tells how they save the ship and sail into shore to repair her, only they're not alone on this strange coast. They discover weird new animals, like the great Hopping Creature and bats "like the devil hisself'. But before they can sail for home, they must find a way out through the treacherous reef, and survive the fever-ridden swamps of Batavia. 9-13 YO http://www.vashtifarrer.com/pages/history.htm
James Cook Royal Navy (George Finkel) $6 HBDJ EC (High quality ex lib, tape residue), $6 HB GC (An old treasure but in great condition. Front endpaper torn out.) A masterly recreation of James Cook’s Yorkshire boyhood, his service aboard the colliers of Whitby and his growing interest in mathematics and chart work which he carried out along Canadian coasts. Follow his life and early career culminating in his first voyage and the Endeavour’s triumphant return to England in 1771. Read about Joseph Banks, Zachary Hicks, Hugh Palliser and Elizabeth, Cook’s young wife. 11+ THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA COMMENDATION http://www.leurabooks.com.au/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=81103&keyword=finkel+george&searchby=author&offset=0&fs=1&CLSN_2841=12893572842841a256d58615b76ce1ad
Mathinna’s People (Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Victor Ambrus) $4 HBDJ VGC The Toogee were an aboriginal tribe living on the west coast of Tasmania and Mathinna was the daughter of their last leader. They lived an idyllic life until the advent of the white man in his white-sailed ships. Mathinna was adopted by the Governor of Tasmania, Sir John Franklin, raised with Sir John's daughter, Eleanor, and later abandoned. When Sir and Lady Franklin returned to England, they left Mathinna at Queen’s Orphan School in Hobart in 1843. Only eight years old, she found it difficult to adjust to her new surroundings. She was sent back to Flinders Island in 1844, at the age of nine. Mathinna thereafter become unpopular with the aboriginals because of her liking for the white-skinned culture, and her desperate need for more wealth. 11+ THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR COMMENDATION. http://childrensbookshop.com/catalogue.php?cno=26771
Booran: A Tale of Early Australia (MJ Unwin) $3 PB VGC (1st edition, 1958), $3 PB GC A after being shipwrecked on the Australian coast during the early settlement days, peter and his companion, Sailor, spend a very exciting few years with a tribe of Aborigines. They were initiated into the tribe and shared the hunts, battles and ceremonies which made up the Aboriginal way of life. Many actual Aboriginal customs are accurately described and are as interesting as the whole story is exciting. 10+ https://4053744563671316904-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/aussiebookthreadssite/australian---aborigninal/booran.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cp7_eo-TKlh9cFG22R-j6ashtn56vDAV3RyQlj_74NW7FKUadnU68ffJPovXtcgGWv3_s4XAL76mQrj1GR9ta71WdN8vqxmbPo98S3IMYXyrkckLIT-ftXsrL39V6RVTVXxfCFgvUyYvLNpqJ0vrq6a0sPLJ0yzYpXHADL6MoeCnzGbFoTycvTkoNaeQ00zxUhhxkFnB-53dqhLkYbF-V9Kgs_O4iEt7vlV1R8aaK_LH0S8US8%3D&attredirects=0
The Journal of Watkin Stench (Meredith Hooper) $3 PB EC Presents a history lesson through the eyes of a rat named Watkin Stench. Watkin arrives in Australia aboard a convict boat in the year 1788, and makes observations about the English settlers, their living conditions, their encounters with the native aborigines, and many other historically accurate facts. Through Watkin's narrative, the reader also learns a great deal about rat behaviour, but Hooper includes much more than history and biology lessons in her story; in addition to presenting a humorous take on the sometimes strange behaviour of humans, she also tells a compelling story that finds her rodent hero facing a number of struggles in his new country, working to gain respect among his fellow rats, and finally deciding to become a permanent resident of Australia. "Based on fact it read like the best fiction, this clever book certainly deserves to be included among the best of books on early Australian history. 9+ http://www.amazon.com/Journal-Watkin-Stench-Meredith-Hooper/dp/0330324942
The Men that God Forgot (Richard Butler) $4 PB GC (Light tanning) The maximum security hard-labour camp at Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen’s Land, was the end of the line for prisoners - a hell on earth for convicts and gaolers alike - and when in 1833, it was decided to close the settlement, ten desperate and ruthless men seized the ship that was to transport them, and made their final bid for freedom. This book, based on historical fact, is a reconstruction of one of the most exciting incidents in the bloody history of the penal colonies. 12+ http://www.fortysouth.com.au/drupal/node/264
Tom Appleby: Convict Boy (Jackie French) $6 PB VGC (Ex lib) Tells the story of Tom Appleby – a very young boy living in London in the late 1700’s and the demands of being a chimney sweep at the early age of eight. Learn how he coped with life in a convict settlement after he is accused of stealing and is deported to Botany Bay, Australia. Along the way he is trying to deal with the loss of friends and family. An excellent read! Highly recommended! 10+ Teaching ideas: http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/ommoverride/teacher_guide_tom_appleby.pdf
Johnny Neptune (Nance Donkin) $4 HB VGC (Ex lib, no jacket) Johnny Neptune is the name given to a new-born orphan found abandoned at Sydney Cove by two marines – Neptune because the child’s mother was a convict transported to Australia on the sailing ship Neptune. Adopted by a convict washerwoman, Johnny grows up in an exciting, rapscallion early Sydney Town, with its winding streets and busy harbour, and also in the untamed bush along the banks of the Hawkesbury River. Carefully researched and authentic in detail, this is a lively and entertaining story of the early days of settlement in New South Wales. 10+ http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/thechi/38023.shtml (Cover different)
For the Term of His Natural Life (Marcus Clarke) $3 PB VGC Perhaps Australia's most significant and most famous 19th-century colonial novel, this is a narrative of great suffering - of whips, chains, and man's inhumanity. There is no attempt to soften the truth of the degradation and cruelty in convict Australia. Yet the novel is peopled with vivid characters - Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is one of the most unforgettable characters in Australian literature. Complete and unabridged. 12+ http://www.amazon.com/Term-His-Natural-Life/dp/020719839X (Cover different)
Spindrift: The Mary Bryant Story (Anthony Scott Veitch) $4 HBDJ VGC Mary Broad was transported to the wild Australian coast in Phillip’s First Fleet and married fellow convict Will Bryant. She bore two children in this alien land – and became the sole survivor of the most daring and amazing sea escape in Australia’s history. A fantastic fictionalised account based on historical fact. 11+
Come Danger, Come Darkness (Ruth Park) $4 PB VGC The penal colony of Norfolk Island was an exciting new world for 13 year old Otter Cannon and his younger brother Paddy Paul. Their mother had sent them to Norfolk to live with their uncle who was the Commandant of the penal settlement, whilst she remained in New South Wales. They are to grow up like gentlemen and follow the family tradition of becoming officers in the Army. From the moment they arrive they are caught up in an exciting series of events and see for themselves the brutality of the convict system. Extensively researched historical novel. Recommended! 9+ THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA COMMENDATION http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.julesbooks.com.au/pix/8311.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.antiqbook.com/books/author/Ruth_Park&usg=__W3J7N9aTaAyir_8xawpDRJCCv84=&h=538&w=334&sz=69&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=3a8FyzGYQzWryM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCome%2BDanger,%2BCome%2BDarkness%2B(Ruth%2BPark)%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1R2GPEA_en%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D776%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Do&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=109&oei=kFxnTPmyMZGWvAPKgM3-Aw&page=1&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=60&ty=77
Trubb’s Gift (Garry Hurle) $3 PB VGC (Ex lib) 15-year-old Trubb, found guilty of theft, finds himself on board the convict transport Lady Emma and bound for the penal colony of New South Wales. Grimy, foul mouthed and cheeky, but he possesses one stupendous gift: the ability to sing like an angel… 10+ http://www.oztion.com.au/OA/oa_previewpic.aspx?itemid=6385179&tid=&picnum=1&#pic
Edge Of Fear (Helen Frances) $3 PB VGC It’s London, 1821 and Lucy Talbot is an orphan, determined to be reunited with her grandmother in Van Diemen’s Land. Silas Rudd is wrongly convicted and determined to clear himself. A chance meeting in one of London’s dark alleyways, leads Lucy on a desperate flight for freedom and survival half a world away in the wilds of the convict colony of Van Diemen’s Land. 10+ http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281624664l/7156008.jpg
Escape To Eaglehawk (Vashti Farrer) $5 PB VGC Sam has endured prison life after being caught pick pocketing and sentenced at the Old Bailey with the dread word, transportation. Can he hold off the jail bullies, learn a trade, hope for a new life after pardon at Point Puer convict settlement in Tasmania? Or will he attempt an escape? Wonderful historical fiction about life as a convict child. Highly recommended! 10+ http://www.vashtifarrer.com/pages/history_f.htm
No Beat Of Drum (Hester Burton, illustrated by Victor Ambrus) $4 HBDJ VGC A powerful portrayal of the harsh poverty of the English farm-labourers in 1829-31 and of the transportation of convict protestors to Van Diemen’s Land 11+ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/hester-burton/no-beat-of-drum.htm
Adventures Down Under “Escape To Murray River” (Robert Elmer) $4 PB EC Twelve year old Patrick’s world is turned upside down when his father is framed and sent to Australia in 1867 in the last prison ship sent here. Desperate to keep the family together, the McWaids find passage on another ship leaving Dublin, Ireland, for the colonies. 10+ http://www.amazon.ca/Escape-Murray-River-Robert-Elmer/dp/1556619235
House By The Water (Nance Donkin) $3 PB VGC (Light tanning) The warehouse that Captain Thomas Reibey built overlooking Sydney Harbour was also home to his family—the house by the water that they loved. From his bedroom window, 13-year-old James Reibey could see the tall masts of his father's sailing ships; one day, he too would sail around the world, for he felt the call of the sea in his blood. Meanwhile, to be a landlubber in Sydney town in the early 1800s was exciting enough. James has a genius for getting into mischief and finding adventure, whether it be a bout of fisticuffs with the Bully Boys of the Rocks district, an encounter with an escaped convict, or the discovery of stolen rum. The author gives us a happy impression of family life—besides James, there are five other Reibey and takes us into the heart of Sydney's crowded thoroughfares, bustling with redcoats, convicts, and free settlers. She paints a sympathetic portrait of Mary Reibey, the children's mother—a portrait founded on fact, for Mary Reibey was actually transported to Sydney as a young girl—her "crime" that of snatching a joyride on a neighbour's horse. 10+ Recommended! http://www.collectablebooks.com.au/australiana/house-by-the-water-by-nance-donkin.html
Bass & Billy Martin (Joan Phipson) $4 HBDJ GC (Ex lib) The story of Billy Martin, personal servant to George Bass, and his travels with Bass and Matthew Flinders on their voyage of discovery when they found the strait between New Holland and Van Diemen's Land now known as Bass Strait. 11+ http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mJHQbOSgVOdqs8AMMEt5QPQ/140.jpg
The Best of the Bunch (Nance Donkin) $4 PB GC (Ex lib) With line drawings by Edwina Bell, a great Australian children's story which brings to life 1820s Sydney through the story of a group of waifs living and working the streets of Sydney Town. 6-10 YO http://www.cornstalk.com.au/pix/65666.jpg
Two at Sullivan Bay (Nance Donkin) $4 PB GC A story based on fact which vividly brings to life an episode of early Australian history: the first white settlement, in 1803, at Port Phillip which lasted only a few months. 6-10 YO
William Light (George Finkel) $5 HBDJ EC (Ex lib) This is a fictional biography of William Light, who in the last three years of his life was the Surveyor General of South Australia and who planned the city of Adelaide. He was a true Renaissance man and his work covers his life. 12+ http://www.leurabooks.com.au/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=82882&keyword=finkel+george&searchby=author&offset=0&fs=1&CLSN_2841=12893572842841a256d58615b76ce1ad
The Family Book Of Mary-Claire (Eleanor Spence) $4 PB GC (Tanning & writing on inturn) Chronicles the life of one family from their settlement to modern times. Share the life of Mary-Claire’s ancestors Marius, Miriam and Marion among escaped convicts and Aboriginals on the fringes of settlement on the coast of early New South Wales. We see the dramatic kidnapping by a bushranger as we go back with her through the extraordinary family history of the Clevelands. A wonderful insight into the struggles of the early Australian settlers and the landscape of the bush and coast back then. 10+ THE CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA HONOUR BOOK http://www.oztion.com.au/oa/oa_previewpic.aspx?itemid=10103184&picnum=1&#pic
Surgeon’s Boy (Eve Sutton) $4 PB VGC It is 1840 and Jamie Fenton has accompanied his father, who has emigrated to Sydney as a ship's doctor. Soon after their arrival their ship is high jacked by pirates and taken to New Zealand where they escape by swimming ashore. 8-13 YO. http://www.librarything.com/work/60270
Playing Beatie Bow (Ruth Park) $2 PB GC A classic Australian book in which a mysterious antique lace collar allows a troubled modern girl to travel back to 19th century Australia. A gripping novel that highlights the distinct differences in values, morals and behaviour in people between two periods of time. Abigail finds herself in the Colony of New South Wales and the squalor of Sydney's slum areas in the 1800s is vividly brought to life. 11+ WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41R35Q56XZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
Daughter Of The Regiment (Jackie French) $3 PB EC (Ex lib) (RRP $14.95) How can you help someone who lived more than 150 years ago? Harry dreads leaving the farm to go to boarding school next year. Cissie is an orphaned girl living with the soldiers at the garrison 150 years ago. Something more powerful than time has drawn them both together. Provides excellent examples of plot and character development, follows a unique storyline that offers the reader an enthralling journey through time, and focuses on one of Australia's most important historical events. 9+ SHORTLISTED, CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS http://cdn.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/4/9780207196744.jpg
Clipper Ship (Denys Burrows) $4 HBDJ VGC Set on an 1860s clipper ship, a young ship’s apprentice experiences a voyage full of mystery and adventure. Ian Grey jumped at the chance to be an apprentice on the tea clipper Dauntless. The sea was his obsession and he could not imagine a mightier adventure. But the voyage of the Dauntless from Sydney to China and back proved to be more than just an adventure. 11+ http://www.cornstalk.com.au/pix/57024.jpg
Peter The Whaler In Southern Seas (Max Colwell) $2 HB VGC (Ex lib), $3 PB EC An exciting tale of Australian whaling in the time that the East India Company’s monopoly over trade was broken. Meet Peter Tregennis, harpooner, typical of hundreds of young adventurers of that time, Barney, ex-convict and leader of the whaling party, and young farmers-turned whalers in Van Diemen’s Land. A great insight into life in the birthing penal settlement. Wonderful engraving-like illustrations. Recommended! 12+
Splashback – A Great Greasy Journey (Errol Broome) $2 PB EC An exciting tale of a boy who finds himself on board a whaling ship leaving early Sydney Town far behind. 8-12 YO. http://cars.ebay.com.au/ERROL-BROOME-Splashback-PB-Whaling-Ship-Australian_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ130408140101
Deepwaterman (Helen Frances) $2 PB GC Tom's father had always said his temper would get him into trouble. But not even he could have imagined it would land Tom in gaol. Everything in Tom’s life had turned upside down since his father has lost the farm. And now he faced up to ten years for arson. Tom's life changes dramatically when Sven, a Finnish sailor, is thrown into the country lock-up with him. Together they escape, and Tom finds himself aboard the Astrid Johannson, one of the last great square-rigged grain ships to sail between Australia and Europe via Cape Horn. As Astrid Johannson sweeps through the Southern Ocean, Tom too soon discovers that the undercurrents of tension and violence among the crew can be even more terrifying than the treacherous waters of the Horn. Has a glossary of terms in the rear explaining the boating terms used in the book. A great insight into life aboard early sailing ships. 10+ http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Young-adult-fiction/Author-GI/auction-307801786.htm
The Devil’s Own (Deborah Lisson) $2 PB EC Won the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S AWARD in 1991 for its moving portrayal of a tragic event in that state's history: the wreck of the Dutch ship "Batavia" in 1629. While most of the crew and passengers managed to survive on the desolate Abrolhos Islands, a band of mutineers took savage control after the captain sailed north to the Dutch East Indies for help. 11+ SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. SHORTLISTED, KOALA AWARD (NSW) SECONDARY SECTION. SHORTLISTED WAYBRA AWARD (WA) http://www.librarything.com/work/397785/covers/ (Illustrated cover)
Mutiny’s Daughter (Ann Rinaldi) $5 HBDJ EC (Ex lib) Once again, Rinaldi has unearthed a historical nugget and polished it into a gem of a story. This intriguing novel is based on the premise of what could have happened if the notorious Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian returned to England with his five-year-old daughter, who was born on Pitcairn Island, and left her on the Isle of Man to be raised by his mother, before he went into hiding. The author sets the scene with an introduction that provides a bit of background and sifts through what is fact and what is fiction in a note at the end. The characters are well drawn and believable and the 19th-century English setting is vividly presented. This clever, well-written historical novel may just inspire curious readers to investigate the personalities and events on which the story is based. 11+ http://www.amazon.com/Mutinys-Daughter-Ann-Rinaldi/dp/0060296380#reader_0060296380
Sea of Mutiny (Ken Catran) $6 PB GC (Cover creases) Historical teen fiction that focuses on the character of 16-year-old John Hallet, who sailed on the ill-fated Bounty when Christian and others staged the mutiny against Captain Bligh. Cast adrift in a small boat in wild and dangerous seas, Hallet tells the remarkable story of how Bligh led these sailors to safety. This story is interspersed with a fictionalised account of the events that led up to the mutiny on the Bounty. Historically accurate and well-researched, this is a revisionist look at Bligh who has gone down in history as sadistic and cruel. Instead, this book portrays Bligh as a victim of the British class system and his own flawed decision making. At the same time as being a fascinating historical read, this is an exciting plot-driven novel about massive sea voyages in treacherous conditions upon overcrowded, overladen ships. 2006 STORYLINES NOTABLE YOUNG ADULT FICTION BOOK. 11+ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/ken-catran/sea-of-mutiny.htm
Children’s Classics “Mutiny On The Bounty” (Sir John Barrow) $3 PB EC This book not only tells the true story of how a number of the crew of the "Bounty", under the leadership of the ship's mate, Fletcher Christian, rebelled and cast Lieutenant Bligh and a number of men loyal to him adrift in an open boat, but also contains an account of Bligh's journey to safety, the court martial that ultimately took place in London, and the fate of the mutineers in the South Pacific. 11+ http://www.pe-bg.com/?cid=3&pid=9901&cat=16
Illustrated Classic Editions “Mutiny On Board HMS Bounty” (William Bligh, adapted by Deborah Kestel) $4 PB VGC The most famous mutiny in the history of the sea comes alive in the pages of William Bligh's record of the mutiny on his ship, The Bounty. Was Bligh a cruel and overly harsh captain, ruthlessly tormenting his men, or was the leader of the mutiny, Fletcher Christian, greedy for power and anxious to take command? The record of the mutiny and its aftermath is an enduring tale of betrayal and the heroic effort to survive. A specially adapted version for children with plenty of illustrations. 7-12 YO http://www.flipkart.com/mutiny-board-bounty-william-bligh/1577656962-rsx3fufeue
(Last update January, 2012)
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