Author: Louis Becke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337111854
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A First Fleet Family - A Hitherto Unpublished Narrative of Certain Remarkable Adventures is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
A First Fleet Family
Author: Louis Becke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337111854
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A First Fleet Family - A Hitherto Unpublished Narrative of Certain Remarkable Adventures is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337111854
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A First Fleet Family - A Hitherto Unpublished Narrative of Certain Remarkable Adventures is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
A First Fleet Family; a Hitherto Unpublished Narrative of Certain Remarkable Adventures Compiled from the Papers of Sergeant William Dew of the Marine
Author: Louis Becke
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230377612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...of the spears of the natives sticking in them. The savages had carried away the rush-cutters' tools. I knew these two fellows to be quiet, inoffensive prisoners, as I had often guarded them at work. The Governor himself, with a squad of our men, went out to try and find the murderers, and by-and-by he came upon a party of them; but he refused to punish them, saying that he was sure they must have had some provocation and the best way to treat them was to teach them better, and so he merely made signs to them that such conduct was very wrong. This was, of course, humane treatment on his part, but I agreed with our major's opinion as I had often heard him express it, that it would have been better to have been a little more lenient with our detachment, and expended more powder and shot on the savages. As soon as it was decided to despatch the Sirius to the Cape, and she was got ready for sailing, her crew took up their quarters on board, but some of the officers and a few handy men, such as carpenters' mates, were to be left behind as useful to the settlement. The Marine after guard, the Governor thought, ought to be left behind, but as it was necessary by the regulations that the ship, being one of His Majesty's frigates, should have some Marines on board of her, it was decided that four privates and a corporal in charge should accompany the ship for guard duty, and very proud was I when I learned that I was to be the corporal selected for this important post. By this time our settlement had grown into quite a big town as towns go, for it consisted of over a thousand persons, and so you can easily understand that there was not much intercourse between the Marine detachment and the prisoners. We were forbidden to make friends with the...
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230377612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...of the spears of the natives sticking in them. The savages had carried away the rush-cutters' tools. I knew these two fellows to be quiet, inoffensive prisoners, as I had often guarded them at work. The Governor himself, with a squad of our men, went out to try and find the murderers, and by-and-by he came upon a party of them; but he refused to punish them, saying that he was sure they must have had some provocation and the best way to treat them was to teach them better, and so he merely made signs to them that such conduct was very wrong. This was, of course, humane treatment on his part, but I agreed with our major's opinion as I had often heard him express it, that it would have been better to have been a little more lenient with our detachment, and expended more powder and shot on the savages. As soon as it was decided to despatch the Sirius to the Cape, and she was got ready for sailing, her crew took up their quarters on board, but some of the officers and a few handy men, such as carpenters' mates, were to be left behind as useful to the settlement. The Marine after guard, the Governor thought, ought to be left behind, but as it was necessary by the regulations that the ship, being one of His Majesty's frigates, should have some Marines on board of her, it was decided that four privates and a corporal in charge should accompany the ship for guard duty, and very proud was I when I learned that I was to be the corporal selected for this important post. By this time our settlement had grown into quite a big town as towns go, for it consisted of over a thousand persons, and so you can easily understand that there was not much intercourse between the Marine detachment and the prisoners. We were forbidden to make friends with the...
A First Fleet Family
Author: Louis Becke
Publisher: Copp, Clark
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher: Copp, Clark
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Books and Pamphlets Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the South Sea Islands on Sale at Tyrrell's
Author: Tirbell's Pty. Ltd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Catalog of the South Pacific Collection
Author: University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
A First Fleet Family
Author: William Dew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Escapes
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Escapes
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Fiction, 1876-1983: Authors
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher: New York : Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
One of Ours
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Claude has an intuitive faith in something splendid and feels at odds with his contemporaries. The war offers him the opportunity to forget his farm and his marriage of compromise; he enlists and discovers that he has lacked. But while war demands altruism, its essence is destructive
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Claude has an intuitive faith in something splendid and feels at odds with his contemporaries. The war offers him the opportunity to forget his farm and his marriage of compromise; he enlists and discovers that he has lacked. But while war demands altruism, its essence is destructive
New English Canaan of Thomas Morton
Author: Thomas Morton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Lieutenant
Author: Kate Grenville
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 080219768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A young astronomer in colonial Australia faces tragedy on the ground in this follow-up to the award-winning The Secret River—“A triumph. Read it at once” (The Sunday Times, UK). A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Grenville’s The Lieutenant is a gripping story of friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales, Australia. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was an outsider. Ridiculed in school for his intellect and misunderstood by his parents, he finds a path for himself in the British Navy—and in his love for astronomy. As a young lieutenant, Daniel joins a voyage to Australia. And while his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with nearby Aboriginal tribes, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the work he prays will make him famous. Out on his isolated point, Daniel becomes involved with the local Aborigines, forging an intimate connection with one girl that will change the course of his life. But when his compatriots come into conflict with the indigenous population, Daniel must turn away from the stars and declare his loyalties on the ground.
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 080219768X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A young astronomer in colonial Australia faces tragedy on the ground in this follow-up to the award-winning The Secret River—“A triumph. Read it at once” (The Sunday Times, UK). A stunning follow-up to her Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning book, The Secret River, Grenville’s The Lieutenant is a gripping story of friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South Wales, Australia. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was an outsider. Ridiculed in school for his intellect and misunderstood by his parents, he finds a path for himself in the British Navy—and in his love for astronomy. As a young lieutenant, Daniel joins a voyage to Australia. And while his countrymen struggle to control their cargo of convicts and communicate with nearby Aboriginal tribes, Daniel constructs an observatory to chart the stars and begin the work he prays will make him famous. Out on his isolated point, Daniel becomes involved with the local Aborigines, forging an intimate connection with one girl that will change the course of his life. But when his compatriots come into conflict with the indigenous population, Daniel must turn away from the stars and declare his loyalties on the ground.