To Hell or to Hobart: A New Insight Into Irish Convict History by Patrick Howard

Book Description

Secondhand. Ex library copy with external stickers. Stamps and stickers on inside pages. Partial date due slip and borrower card on inside pages. Wear to book edges and corners. Marks on foredges.

In the 1840s Stephen Howard from Limerick and Ellen Lydon of North Galway were transported to Van Dieman's Land. The two met in Hobart Town, were married in 1854.

This book is more than a family history, offering a window through which to explore Irish history, particularly the poliical and economic hardships suffered in the mid nineteenth century and the forced diaspora that was their consequence. (back cover)