{"product_id":"the-tin-ticket-deborah-j-swiss-9780425243077","title":"The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe convict women who built a continent...\"A moving and fascinating story.\" --Adam Hochschild, author of \u003ci\u003eKing Leopold's Ghost \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery-who created the most liberated society of their time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tin Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of Agnes McMillan, whose defiance and resilience carried her to a far more dramatic rebellion; Agnes's best friend Janet Houston, who rescued her from the Glasgow wynds and was also transported to Van Diemen's Land; Ludlow Tedder, forced to choose just one of her four children to accompany her to the other side of the world; Bridget Mulligan, who gave birth to a line of powerful women stretching to the present day. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUltimately, it is the story of women discarded by their homeland and forgotten by history-who, by sheer force of will, become the heart and soul of a new nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah J. Swiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0425243079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425243077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.55w x 1.05d","brand":"Deborah J. Swiss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070728073471,"sku":"9780425243077","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ce8487d-272b-4437-a502-e841abbd2fc8.jpg?v=1685432018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tin-ticket-deborah-j-swiss-9780425243077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}