The ship thieves
By: Siân Rees
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845132187
Subjects: Exiles; Biography; Penal colonies; Escapes; 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.
Notes: Originally published: 2006.
Table of contents: title: Than Chain Gang; title: A Place of Ultra Banishment; title: The boat crew; title: Leaving the Island of Misery; title: North until the Butter Melts; title: The Coast of Araucania; title: Playing cat and mouse; title: The Blonde and the Beagle; title: The Persistence of Colonel Walpole; title: The Voyage of the Sarah; title: The Piracy Trial; title: The Infernal Regions.