num_pages: 624
description: Judy Nunns Tiger Men is the dramatic tale of three families who lived through Tasmania's golden era and witnessed the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia and the horrors of World War I.Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land as it was once called was an island of stark contrasts; a harsh penal colony an English idyll for its landed gentry and an island so rich in natural resources it was a profiteer's paradise.Tiger Men is the story of three Tasmanian settlers: Silas Stanford a wealthy Englishman; Mick O'Callaghan an Irishman on the run; and Jefferson Powell an idealistic American.A former actress and TV presenter Judy Nunn is the bestselling Aussie author of Pacific Floodtide and Maralinga.
language: English
title: Tiger Men
publisher: William Heinemann Australia