Isles of Despair by Ion L Idriess

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Wear to book covers, corners, and edges. Significant marking to covers and spine. Moisture stain at the top right corner of pages from preliminary pages to page 28. Stamp on half-title page. Book is now enclosed in a protective non-adhesive cover. Inscribed by Ion L Idriess.

Fictionalised story of Barbara Thompson (c1831-1912), wrecked on the cutter America, off Entrance Island in 1844 and of her rescue by Boroto and acceptance by Piaquai, chief of Kowraregas (Kaurareg People), as his reincarnated daughter; her life as a member of the tribe.

She was rescued by Captain Owen Stanley and HMS Rattlesnake in 1849. (Trove)