Wild Island
Title | Wild Island PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Livett |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Pages | 495 |
Release | 2016-08-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1952534852 |
A brilliant debut novel that provides an alternative ending to Jane Eyre in Van Diemen's Land. 'My name is Harriet Adair, and forty years ago on that ship I was Jane Eyre's companion. That voyage also brought me friendship with another intrepid Jane: Lady Franklin. Her husband, Sir John, the Arctic Lion, was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land during the six turbulent years when Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester had good reason to be closely interested in the island.' Harriet Adair has come to Van Diemen's Land with Mrs Anna Rochester, who is recovering from years of imprisonment in the attic of 'Thornfield Hall'. Sent to the colony by Jane and Rochester, they are searching for the truth about Anna's past, trying to unearth long-buried secrets. Captain Charles O'Hara Booth, Commandant of Port Arthur Penal Settlement, fears some secrets of his own will be discovered when Sir John Franklin replaces Colonel Arthur as Governor. Franklin and his wife Jane arrive in Hobart Town to find the colony is run by a clique of Arthur's former army officers who have no intention of relinquishing their power. This dazzling modern recreation of a nineteenth century novel ingeniously entwines Jane Eyre's iconic love story with Sir John Franklin's great tale of exploration and empire. A brilliant and historically accurate depiction of Van Diemen's Land society in the 1800s, as well as a vivid portrayal of the human cost of colonisation, Wild Island shows us that fiction and history are not so different after all. Each story, whether it be truth or fiction, is shaped by its teller.
The Last Wild Island
Title | The Last Wild Island PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Read |
Publisher | |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Logging |
ISBN | 9780980760002 |
This is the story of Tetepare, the South Pacific's largest uninhabited island. One and a half centuries after headhunters fled the island, Tetepare's virgin rainforest and teeming coral reefs were pitted against destructive logging companies and greedy 'big men'. Yet from the darkest years of the Solomon Islands' ethnic tension arose the nations' first world-class conservation initiative. Peppered with humorous anecdotes, The Last Wild Island: Saving Tetepare will entertain and inform about the culture of this intriguing island nation.
Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Limited Ed.)
Title | Wild: the Legendary Horses of Sable Island (Limited Ed.) PDF eBook |
Author | Drew Doggett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2021-07-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780996129220 |
In this large-format, limited edition book by award-winning photographer Drew Doggett, discover the story of the wild and free horses of Sable Island as told through over 100 exquisitely reproduced photographs and personal writings. This book comes encased in a protective cloth clamshell and with a companion print; only 250 copies are available.
Fight the Wild Island
Title | Fight the Wild Island PDF eBook |
Author | Ted Edwards |
Publisher | Salem House Publishers |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
The author brings this unusual island into sharp focus as he describes his solo walk across it.
Wild Horses of Cumberland Island
Title | Wild Horses of Cumberland Island PDF eBook |
Author | Anouk Masson Krantz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2020-04-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781864708851 |
Photography, Nature In Wild Horses of Cumberland Island, photographer Anouk Masson Krantz has captured the dramatic scenery and majestic horses as they have never been seen before. Her images show the remarkable animals in their naturally diverse ecosystems.
Misty of Chincoteague
Title | Misty of Chincoteague PDF eBook |
Author | Marguerite Henry |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2012-12-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442487992 |
A Newbery Honor Book Rediscover award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s classic story about a wild horse’s gentle colt with this faux leather–bound anniversary edition. On an island of Chincoteague off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and decide they can’t live without her. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next “Pony Penning Day” does indeed bring Phantom into their lives…in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom will forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether.
Assateague
Title | Assateague PDF eBook |
Author | Larry Points |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1997-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780939365593 |
Describes the life and natural environment of the pony breed that lives on the long barrier island off the Maryland and Virginia coast.