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The Story
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Hassam Andrew
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 160
Eight diaries form the basis of "No Privacy for Writing". Together they span the main years of mass emigration to Australia by sailing ship and cover the range of experiences of those travelling steerage. There is the sober diary of a single man who punctuates his diary with sentimental and religious verses and that of a 14-year-old writing back home to a schoolfriend. There is the diary of a jaunty young Scot off on an adventure, and that of a man who remains irrepressibly cheery whether he is becalmed or struggling to stand in a gale. Another is a melancholy work recounting the gradual starvation of two of the diarist's children. The diaries of Mary Maclean and Elizabeth Allbon are, however, the most important in this collection, being extremely rare accounts kept by working women of the voyage out; one writes from the viewpoint of a young female servant, while the second speaks for the many women who were confined in childbirth on board ship.
Author: Hassam Andrew
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 160
Eight diaries form the basis of "No Privacy for Writing". Together they span the main years of mass emigration to Australia by sailing ship and cover the range of experiences of those travelling steerage. There is the sober diary of a single man who punctuates his diary with sentimental and religious verses and that of a 14-year-old writing back home to a schoolfriend. There is the diary of a jaunty young Scot off on an adventure, and that of a man who remains irrepressibly cheery whether he is becalmed or struggling to stand in a gale. Another is a melancholy work recounting the gradual starvation of two of the diarist's children. The diaries of Mary Maclean and Elizabeth Allbon are, however, the most important in this collection, being extremely rare accounts kept by working women of the voyage out; one writes from the viewpoint of a young female servant, while the second speaks for the many women who were confined in childbirth on board ship.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Hassam Andrew
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 160
Eight diaries form the basis of "No Privacy for Writing". Together they span the main years of mass emigration to Australia by sailing ship and cover the range of experiences of those travelling steerage. There is the sober diary of a single man who punctuates his diary with sentimental and religious verses and that of a 14-year-old writing back home to a schoolfriend. There is the diary of a jaunty young Scot off on an adventure, and that of a man who remains irrepressibly cheery whether he is becalmed or struggling to stand in a gale. Another is a melancholy work recounting the gradual starvation of two of the diarist's children. The diaries of Mary Maclean and Elizabeth Allbon are, however, the most important in this collection, being extremely rare accounts kept by working women of the voyage out; one writes from the viewpoint of a young female servant, while the second speaks for the many women who were confined in childbirth on board ship.
Author: Hassam Andrew
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 160
Eight diaries form the basis of "No Privacy for Writing". Together they span the main years of mass emigration to Australia by sailing ship and cover the range of experiences of those travelling steerage. There is the sober diary of a single man who punctuates his diary with sentimental and religious verses and that of a 14-year-old writing back home to a schoolfriend. There is the diary of a jaunty young Scot off on an adventure, and that of a man who remains irrepressibly cheery whether he is becalmed or struggling to stand in a gale. Another is a melancholy work recounting the gradual starvation of two of the diarist's children. The diaries of Mary Maclean and Elizabeth Allbon are, however, the most important in this collection, being extremely rare accounts kept by working women of the voyage out; one writes from the viewpoint of a young female servant, while the second speaks for the many women who were confined in childbirth on board ship.
