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George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay

Retelling a Convict's Travel Narrative of the 1790s

George Barrington's Voyage to Botany Bay( )
Author: Barrington, George
Editor: Rickard, Suzanne
ISBN:978-0-7185-0186-0
Publication Date:May 2001
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Bloomsbury Continuum
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $70.00
Book Description:

In 1791 George Barrington, the notorious "Prince of Pickpockets" was transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. Barrington's voyage to Botany Bay encouraged British publishers to falsely represent him as author of the first publication attributed to a convictÆs pen, The Impartial and Circumstantial Narrative of the Present State of Botany Bay (c. 1793). This fully annotated edition identifies the work's original textual sources and illuminates its complex publishing history....
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Penology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.49 Inches
Book Weight:0.713 Pounds



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