{"product_id":"the-tin-ticket-the-heroic-journey-of-australias-convict-women-9780425243077","title":"The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah J. Swiss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355123179671,"sku":"9780425243077","price":872.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780425243077.webp?v=1767670483","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-tin-ticket-the-heroic-journey-of-australias-convict-women-9780425243077","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}