num_pages: 269
description: This title relates the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, cannibal from Van Dieman's Land. Pearce and seven other convicts escaped from the prison settlement of Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour, and nine weeks later he was the sole survivor. On the way, five of his companions had been killed and eaten by their fellows.
language: English
title: Hell's gates: the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Diemen's Land Cannibal
publisher: Hardie Grant Books