Hell’s Gates: The Terrible Journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Diemen’s Land Cannibal.

Pearce and his seven convict mates escaped from gaol in Sarah Island, Van Diemen’s Land, in 1822 and set out on a terrible journey that led to starvatiion and, ultimately, cannibalism. Here is the true story of the men’s escape and the collection of failed nobodies who ran this penal settlement in a farway British colony – a vivid reconstruction, rendered with wit and a keen eye for the follies of human nature. First Edition. pp. 270 illusts #1219 (Page edges tanned.)