Shipwrecks And Seafarers Scandals. True Tales From Colonial Queensland And The South Pacific

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Central Queensland University Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: First Edition

Description: 250 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Mysteries, long forgotten treasures, shipwrecks, murder, torture, madness and brutality; they all combine to ensure this collection of true tales from the seafaring past of Queensland and the South Pacific will hold the reader spellbound from start to finish. In this book the maritime history of Queensland is brought vividly to life as the brave and the bumbling sail through these fascinating stories from Queensland's roaring days. Includes bloodthirsty headhunters, cannibals of the South Pacific, missionaries & island traders, escaped convicts from New Caledonia, pirates and buried treasure, starving immigrants, shipboard massacres and murders. Nothing you have ever read could possibly prepare you for this fascinating collection of true stories based upon the author's highly popular ABC Radio programs.

ISBN: 9781875998869