Author: LEPAILLEUR, FRANCOIS-MAURICE; GREENWOOD, F. MURRAY [TRANSLATOR]
Title: Land of a Thousand Sorrows: The Australian Prison Journal, 1840-1842, of the Exiled Canadien Patriote, François-Maurice Lepailleur
Description: Vancouver, B.C.: Archives of British Columbia, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774801239. 174 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map. Text in English. "Written secretly at Longbottom prison, Lepailleur's day-to-day journal is a unique document. His daily record comments on beatings, thefts, marital relations, wages and prices. A detailed account is given of corrupt officialdom and police brutality, of the hatred inspired by collaborators and the solace brought by religion and the kindliness of neighbours and clergy. Above all, he conveys the emotional dimensions of the experience and the gradual degeneration of the human spirit." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Land of a Thousand Sorrows: The Australian Prison Journal, 1840-1842, of the Exiled Canadien Patriote, François-Maurice Lepailleur Political Prisoners Australia Biography Exiles Canada History Rebellion 1837-1838. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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