{"product_id":"recovering-convict-lives-richard-tuffin-9781743327821","title":"Recovering Convict Lives: A Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe World Heritage-listed Port Arthur penitentiary is one of Australia's most visited historical sites, attracting over 400,000 visitors each year. Designed to incarcerate 480 men, between 1856 and 1877 thousands of convicts passed through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, archaeologists began one of the largest ever excavations of an Australian convict site. \u003cem\u003eRecovering Convict Lives: Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary\u003c\/em\u003e makes their findings available to general readers for the first time. Extensively illustrated, it is a fascinating journey into the inner workings of the penal system and the day-to-day lives of Port Arthur convicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the things they left behind - the sandstone base of a prison wall, a clay pipe discarded in a washroom, gambling tokens dropped between floorboards - this book tells their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eRecovering Convict Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this richly illustrated volume readers will be taken on an archaeological tour of a lost world of work, leisure and punishment. A forensic reconstruction of one of Australia's most iconic buildings, \u003cem\u003eRecovering Convict Lives \u003c\/em\u003epeels away the layers of time to reveal the hidden history of everyday life in a penal station.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, author of \u003cem\u003eClosing Hell's Gates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Tuffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 174332782X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743327821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Richard Tuffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990677160191,"sku":"9781743327821","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9277cb96-ac10-42a1-8689-a0e13fbae14b.jpg?v=1683306036","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/recovering-convict-lives-richard-tuffin-9781743327821","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}