Add this copy of The Life and Death of John Price. a Study of the to cart. $30.33, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1964 by Melbourne University Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. xiii, 204pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Spine sunned, 3digit number on rear panel. Small bookseller label on front pastedownoccasional light foxing. The cruelty of notorious John Price, commandant of Norfolk Island penal colony and later Inspector General of Penal Establishments in Victoria has made him a legendary figure in Australian history. A contemprary assessment of Price is here interwoven with vivid descriptions of the harsh treatment of convicts and the appalling conditions they endured. This biography also provides an excellent basis for general observations on cruelty.
