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Eva, Tom and the 'Loch Ard'

Malcolm Wood

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Description:In 1878, as the era of the clipper sailing ships was closing, the 'Loch Ard', bound for Melbourne from London, was wrecked outside Caves Gorge near Port Campbell, Victoria. Of thirty-six crew and seventeen passengers, the only survivors were Tom Pearce, an apprenticed seaman aged eighteen, and Eva Carmichael, a passenger aged nineteen. Eva’s parents and three sisters and two brothers were among those lost. Tom rescued Eva from the sea, and cared for her in a cave, before climbing a steep cliff to seek help. By chance, he stumbled across two sheep-drovers, and Eva, near death, was rescued. Eva returned to Ireland after six weeks’ convalescence at the sheep-station owner’s homestead. Tom, meanwhile, was feted as a hero.The tragic and romantic story captures the imagination of present-day visitors to the Gorge – now named Loch Ard Gorge – as it did colonial contemporaries.As an historian, Wood has used the historical record to tell the story fully and consistently with that record. Going further, as a novelist, he has imagined what the principal participants would likely have felt and thought, and said to each other, at the time. The novel’s first-person accounts – of Eva and Tom, the ship’s captain, the sheep station-owner and one of the drovers – bring the historical story to life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eva, Tom and the 'Loch Ard'. To get started finding Eva, Tom and the 'Loch Ard', you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 126

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Malcolm Wood

Release: 2023

ISBN: 0987636618

Description: In 1878, as the era of the clipper sailing ships was closing, the 'Loch Ard', bound for Melbourne from London, was wrecked outside Caves Gorge near Port Campbell, Victoria. Of thirty-six crew and seventeen passengers, the only survivors were Tom Pearce, an apprenticed seaman aged eighteen, and Eva Carmichael, a passenger aged nineteen. Eva’s parents and three sisters and two brothers were among those lost. Tom rescued Eva from the sea, and cared for her in a cave, before climbing a steep cliff to seek help. By chance, he stumbled across two sheep-drovers, and Eva, near death, was rescued. Eva returned to Ireland after six weeks’ convalescence at the sheep-station owner’s homestead. Tom, meanwhile, was feted as a hero.The tragic and romantic story captures the imagination of present-day visitors to the Gorge – now named Loch Ard Gorge – as it did colonial contemporaries.As an historian, Wood has used the historical record to tell the story fully and consistently with that record. Going further, as a novelist, he has imagined what the principal participants would likely have felt and thought, and said to each other, at the time. The novel’s first-person accounts – of Eva and Tom, the ship’s captain, the sheep station-owner and one of the drovers – bring the historical story to life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eva, Tom and the 'Loch Ard'. To get started finding Eva, Tom and the 'Loch Ard', you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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