Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas by Frost, Lucy - 2015

Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Book. Good. Medium Softcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, reprint, 254gms, 231 pages. Lucy Frost memorably paints the portrait of a boatload of women and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Allen & Unwin. Near Fine. 2015. Paperback. 1760290262 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages .

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo Small. 231 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In the early nineteenth century, crofters and villagers streamed into the burgeoning cities of Scotland, and families splintered. Orphan girls, single mothers and women on their own all struggled to feed and clothe themselves. For some, petty theft became a part of life. Any woman deemed 'habite & repute a thief' might find herself before the High Court of Justiciary, tried for yet another minor theft and sentenced to transportation 'beyond Seas'. Lucy Frost memorably paints the portrait of a boatload of women and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. Instead of serving time in prison, the… Read More