The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

by Deborah J. Swiss

Book Overview

Historian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery-who created the most liberated society of their time. Agnes McMillan and Janet Houston were convicted for shoplifting. Bridget Mulligan stole a bucket of milk; Widow Ludlow Tedder, eleven spoons. For their crimes, they would be sent not to jail, but to ships teeming with other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425236722
• ISBN13: 9780425236727
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Stunning

This is one of the best historical accounts documenting the transportation movement to Australia. Though the subject matter was heavy, the writing was so good that I could not put it down. One of my favorites and one that I recommend to all my fellow history lovers!