The sawdust house / David Whish-Wilson.
Material type: TextPublisher: Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1stDescription: 301 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760990374Subject(s): Sullivan, James, 1813-1856 -- Fiction | San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 -- Fiction | Boxers (Sports) -- Fiction | Irish -- California -- Fiction | Australians -- California -- Fiction | Escapes -- Fiction | Ex-convicts -- United States -- Fiction | Prisoners -- Australia -- Fiction | Prisoners -- California -- Fiction | San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction.DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James 'Yankee' Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan's mistress seeks his release and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the convict tells a story of triumph and tragedy, of his daring escape from penal servitude in Australia; how he became America's most celebrated boxer; and how he met the true love of his life.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James 'Yankee' Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan's mistress seeks his release and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the convict tells a story of triumph and tragedy, of his daring escape from penal servitude in Australia; how he became America's most celebrated boxer; and how he met the true love of his life.
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