North-west By South

by Nancy Cato

William Heinemann, 1965 [First Edition], hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, price-clipped dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, small chips and tears, minor markings (see photographs)

"After a long and fruitful career as an explorer in the Arctic regions of North America, Sir John was sent in 1837 to Van Diemen's Land.  With his strong-willed and intellectually emancipated wife, he did all he could to modify the reactionary dn inhuman policies regarding the thousands of convicts the Colonial Office at home was pouring into the country.  the result of the Franklins' crusading, however, was the backbiting, conniving and humiliation so frequent in colonial life and government."