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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good +. WEST AUSTRALIANA Catalpa -The 62 Irish Fenians who were transported to Western Australia on the Hougoumont. This ship also brought the last convicts to Western Australia. In April 1876, the only six remaining Fenians at Fremantle Prison escaped on the American whaling ship Catalpa. xi, 286 p. : ill., ports. maps ; 21 cm. Bibliography: p. 273-277. Political prisoners -- Western Australia -- Fremantle Fenians -- Biography #180525 (Pencil notes and scoring) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. WEST AUSTRALIANA FENIANS CATALPA HISTORY xvi, 336 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 326-334. First Edition. #150423John Boyle OâReilly (1844-1890) was a remarkable figure: a man who was an internationally renowned journalist, writer, and civil rights activist. Born in Meath, OâReilly later worked in England before joining the British army. Ostensibly a proud soldier, OâReilly lived a double life as a recruiter for the revolutionary Fenian Brotherhood. He was discovered and convicted, serving time in a succession of prisons from Mountjoy to Dartmoor. He was eventually transported to Western Australia from where he made a spectacular escape to the United States.It was in the US, during a time of intense economic and social turmoil, where OâReillyâs brilliance flourished. As editor of The Pilot, a Boston newspaper, he became a powerful advocate of the rights of workers and African-Americans. He retained a strong commitment to Ireland and was an important part of the Land League and Home Rule movements, working closely with Michael Davitt. A good friend of John Devoy, OâReilly played an organisational role in the famed Catalpa rescue. In tandem with his journalism, O'Reilly was one of the most famous literary figures of his day, publishing four volumes of poetry and two novels. A complex and charismatic personality, OâReillyâs popularity transcended race, religion and nationality and, among his friends, he could count figures as diverse as Walt Whitman, Wendell Phillips, and Jeremiah OâDonovan Rossa.O'Reilly would be remembered as a great and generous man but, in later accounts of his life, he was often dismissed as a 'dreamer' and safely de-politicised through selective use of his writings. Memorials to his life were erected in Boston and Ireland but as the years passed the historical memory of OâReilly became fractured. He diminished, became smaller than the sum of his parts. OâReillyâs poetry was remembered fondly but the social commentary which underpinned his musings was often overlooked. OâReillyâs early life was the subject of a series of myths and misconceptions. OâReillyâs role as a pioneering civil rights activist was ignored outside of African-American communities. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.