Logo

For The Term Of His Natural Life

Large book cover: For The Term Of His Natural Life

For The Term Of His Natural Life
by

Publisher: The Australian Journal
ISBN/ASIN: 1444629816
Number of pages: 310

Description:
Forced to conceal his identity and forego his inheritance, Rufus Dawes is unjustly implicated in his father’s murder, convicted of theft and sentenced to be transported to Australia, where he encounters the brutality of the penal system. First published as a novel in 1874, this is an Australian classic, a tale of inhumanity and suffering during Australia's early colonial history.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)

Similar books

Book cover: Battle Ground AdventuresBattle Ground Adventures
by - Houghton Mifflin Company
Here you see the terror and pathos, the hardships and tragedy, through the eyes of those who lived where some of the greatest conflicts occurred. You see how property was destroyed and how the people not directly concerned in the fighting suffered.
(11779 views)
Book cover: Change of HeartChange of Heart
by - Smashwords
1850s Nebraska: Marietta Randolf travels from Chicago to Nebraska to collect her orphaned nephew Zack. When a snow storm delays her return trip, she finds herself stranded in an unappealing land with a very appealing rancher, Jase Kent.
(6437 views)
Book cover: WarWar
by - J. B. Lippincott Company
One evening a train full of Belgian refugees had just entered the railway station of one of our southern towns. Worn out and dazed, the poor martyrs stepped down slowly, one by one, on to the platform where Frenchmen were waiting to welcome them.
(8054 views)
Book cover: Direct Action: An Historical NovelDirect Action: An Historical Novel
by - GroundWork
More than 7000 people were arrested in nonviolent protests in California in 1980s, developing the art of direct action to a peak not reached again until Seattle in 1999, and in many ways never surpassed. Direct action is more than getting arrested.
(8311 views)