The Travails of Jimmy Porter: A Memoir 1802 - 1842 prepared by Richard Innes Davey

The Travails of Jimmy Porter: A Memoir 1802 - 1842 prepared by Richard Innes Davey

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780975005118
Author: James Porter
Additional Authors: Richard Innes Davey
More Authors: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Edition: Facsimile Edition
Publisher: Round Earth Company
Place: Strahan TAS
Year: 2014
Format: Paperback
Pages: 116 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners.

This memoir was written on Norfolk Island in 1842 by James Porter, who was sent to the island prison from Van Diemans Land after a sentence of death incurred for the piracy of the Frederick from Macquarie Harbour in 1834 was set aside.

This is not the only version of Porter's story. In 1837, awaiting execution in Hobart Town Gaol, Port composed a shorter version of the seizure of the Frederick. This was later published in an edited form in the Hobart Almanack of 1838 and 1981 as The Capture of the Frederick.

Further renditions of Porter's tale appeared in Scotland and Canada, and in For the Term of His Natural Life, Marcus Clarke makes free use of Porter's narrative in his account and capture of the Osprey. (Introduction)

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