Research Catalog

Title

The voyage of the Catalpa : a perilous journey and six Irish rebels' escape to freedom / Peter F. Stevens.

Author

Stevens, Peter F.

Publication

New York : Caroll & Graf, ©2002.

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Details

Description

vii, 391 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Chronicles the 1876 rescue of six Irish political prisoners from a British prison in Fremantle, Australia, and their escape aboard the American whaling ship Catalpa, under the leadership of Captain George Anthony.

Subject

• Anthony, George Smith, 1843-1913
• Catalpa (Bark)
• Fenians
• Fremantle (W.A.) > History
• Western Australia > Fremantle

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prologue: Well on Her Way Now -- Unrepentant Rebels -- Desertion for Ireland's Sake -- A Floating Hell -- In Exile and Chains -- The Dragon of Despair -- The Penalty of Which is Death -- The Companionship of Desperate and Degraded Men -- A Path to the Sea -- A Voice from the Tomb -- We Must Not Despair -- John Bull Has Not Succeeded in Reforming Us -- Until This Thing Is Settled -- Just the Man for the Job -- We Have Bought a Vessel -- A Supreme Test of Pluck -- Bound for The Establishment -- The Other Members of the Syndicate Are Agreed -- I Think We Have All the Crew We Need -- If She Goes to Hell ... -- The Door of the Tomb Is Ajar -- Very Secure and Well-Guarded -- The Very Chart -- We Declined Their Money, But Took Their Revolvers -- Our Friend Has Reached Port -- This Chance Can Never Occur Again -- Let No Man's Heart Fail Him -- The Supreme Test of My Courage -- The Open Boat -- You Are Firing on the American Flag -- The Furor and the Fallout -- Rolling Home -- The Bold Fenian Men.

ISBN

• 078670974X
• 9780786709748
• 0786711302
• 9780786711307

OCLC

• ocm48993129
• 48993129
• SCSB-1241647

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library