{"product_id":"john-gavin-jeff-hopkins-9780228806486","title":"John Gavin: The Reimagined Lives of 28 Government Juvenile Immigrants","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the sixth of April, 1844, John Gavin was the first European hanged in the Swan River Colony. He was fifteen years old. His crime, trial, and execution still stir controversy and passions almost one hundred and eighty years after the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gavin was a convicted street thief in Birmingham and became incarcerated at Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. In 1843 he made the voyage to the Swan River Colony on the barque the 'Shepherd'. Subsequently he became an assigned servant on the Pollard family farm in North Dandalup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignificant personalities like Guardian John Schoales, Barrister Richard Nash, and the Reverend George King had important roles to play in the Parkhurst apprentice's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gavin's life spanned approximately five thousand, five hundred days. The one hundred and sixty-three days he spent in the Swan River Colony have been reimagined here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0228806488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228806486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jeff Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799281217791,"sku":"9780228806486","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-gavin-jeff-hopkins-9780228806486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}