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65 pages, colour illustrations
Contents include: If at First You Don't Succeed -- Don't Call Me a Pirate -- Leaping to Freedom -- Help from the Locals -- Rescued -- A Family Escape -- Never Seen Again
Summary: Meet the convicts behind Australia's most rascally, dastardly prison escapes. Gifted geniuses or total goofballs? You be the judge. Featuring Moondyne Joy, Mary Bryant, and a guy who put on a kangaroo skin and hopped away (literally). This fun and engaging collection brings our country's early colonial past to life. (Back cover)