The ship thieves

By Siân Rees

Subjects: Biography, Exiles, Prisoners, biography, Prisoners, Prisoners, australia, Penal transportation, History, Norfolk island, Penal colonies, Prisoners, great britain, Escapes, Tasmania, history

Description: The cunningly resourceful Porter and nine other convicts escaped, hijacked a ship and crossed the perilous South Pacific to Chile, passing themselves off as shipwrecked mariners, until betrayal led to discovery. This work tells the tale of the colonial pirate, James Porter.