{"product_id":"me-write-myself-by-leonie-stevens-9781925495638","title":"Me Write Myself'","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExiles, lost souls, remnants of a dying race. The fate of the First Nations peoples of Van Diemen's Land is one of the most infamous chapters in Australian and world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe men, women, and children exiled to Flinders Island in the 1830s and 40s have often been written about, but never allowed to speak for themselves. \u003cem\u003eMe Write Myself\u003c\/em\u003e aims to change that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePenned by the exiles during their fifteen years at the settlement called Wybalenna, items in the Flinders Island Chronicle, sermons, letters, and petitions offer a compelling corrective to traditional portrayals of a hopeless, dispossessed, illiterate people's final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe exiles did not see themselves as prisoners, but as a Free People. Seen through their own writing, the community at Wybalenna was vibrant, complex, and evolving. Rather than a depressed people simply waiting for death, their own words reveal a politically astute community engaged in a fifteen-year campaign for their own freedom: one which was ultimately successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a compelling story that will profoundly affect understandings of Tasmanian and Australian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849565425900,"sku":"9781925495638","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15281713482873.jpg?v=1759051564","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/me-write-myself-by-leonie-stevens-9781925495638","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}