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Escape from Botany Bay

by Gerald Hausman

Penal coloniesSurvivalJuvenile fictionHistoryPrisonersFictionChildren's fictionAustralia, fiction

In 1791, after being transported to Australia in the first shipment of convicts, Mary Bryant, her husband, two children, and seven other convicts, unable to endure the terrible conditions of the penal colony, organize a daring escape in an open boat.

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Book data: Open Library