The Tin Ticket
The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 1, 2011
The convict women who built a continent..."A moving and fascinating story." --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A heartbreaking, ultimately triumphant history of women who helped shape a new nation.
- Genres
- Australia & New Zealand History, Women's Lives, 19th-Century History
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, November 1, 2011
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The convict women who built a continent..."A moving and fascinating story." --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost 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.
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The Tin Ticket takes us to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of Agnes McMillan, whose defiance and resilience carried her to a far more dramatic rebellion; Agnes's best friend Janet Houston, who rescued her from the Glasgow wynds and was also transported to Van Diemen's Land; Ludlow Tedder, forced to choose just one of her four children to accompany her to the other side of the world; Bridget Mulligan, who gave birth to a line of powerful women stretching to the present day. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. Ultimately, it is the story of women discarded by their homeland and forgotten by history-who, by sheer force of will, become the heart and soul of a new nation.
Lives Reclaimed
A heartbreaking, ultimately triumphant history of women who helped shape a new nation.
Come here for
- Women’s history shaped by exile, forced labor, and fierce resilience
- A sweeping account of convict women’s lives in nineteenth-century Australia
Expect
- Intimate stories of friendship, family, rebellion, and reform
- A sustained narrative grounded in the lives of women largely forgotten by history
Where it sits
| Australia & New Zealand History | 68% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century History | 42% |
| Women's Lives | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Australia & New Zealand History
- Women's History
- Women's Studies
- Authors
- Deborah J. Swiss
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- November 1, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Australia & New Zealand History