{"product_id":"ashtons-hotel-rhondda-harris-9781743054826","title":"Ashton's Hotel: The journal of William Baker Ashton, first governor of the Adelaide Gaol","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouth Australia was meant to be the perfect colony: free settlers, no crime, and no mental illness. But good intentions go awry. Within three years plans for a permanent gaol were well established, along with a governor to oversee it: William Baker Ashton.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Researcher Rhondda Harris came upon Ashton's long-lost journal by happy accident, and was soon absorbed by 'The Governor's' handwritten pages. They told a hidden story of early Adelaide and its underbelly, of crashes and crises and crims. 'Ashton's Hotel', the colonists called their prison. His kindness of spirit, under nigh-impossible circumstances, shines through in this first published edition of his journal, expertly contextualised and introduced by Rhondda Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhondda Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743054823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743054826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.87d","brand":"Rhondda Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069188174079,"sku":"9781743054826","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd2a790c-3b30-46ab-ab42-85939858b814.jpg?v=1685423310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ashtons-hotel-rhondda-harris-9781743054826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}