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100 1 $aKneale, Matthew,$d1960-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89665304
245 10 $aEnglish passengers /$cMatthew Kneale.
250 $a1st ed. in the U.S.A.
260 $aNew York :$bNan A. Talese,$c2000.
300 $a446 pages :$bfacsimiles ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"When Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband - but not all - confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship Sincerity up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe.".
520 8 $a"The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a revolutionary, and sinister, thesis of his own, about the races of men. And these passengers are perhaps only slightly more odd than the crew itself, a diverse and lively bunch better equipped to entertain one another than to steer Sincerity around Cape Horn and across the Indian Ocean.
520 8 $aYet they set sail, pointed southward and bound for a thrilling, epic romp across the high seas and cultures of the nineteenth century.".
520 8 $a"Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, who prove as lethal in their good intentions as in their cruelty. This is no Eden but a world of hunting parties and colonial ethnic cleansing. As the English passengers haplessly approach Peevay's land, their bizarre notions evermore painfully at odds with reality, we know a mighty collision is looming."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aTasmania$vFiction.
650 0 $aAboriginal Tasmanians$vFiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
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