The Catalpa Rescue The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History - Peter FitzSimons
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history.
Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as ‘a living tomb’. What follows is one of history’s greatest escape stories - a tale of courage and cunning that stands as an enormously significant event in the histories of no fewer than four nations.
Americans were drawn to the story from the first, most particularly to its climactic moment. When the six escaped prisoners are found to be aboard an American whaler - the Catalpa.
For Ireland, who had suffered English occupation for 700 years, a successful escape would be a call to arms. It would show the English that people capable of launching an escape on the other side of the world really would stop at nothing. For the English the humiliation of an escape would mean the ‘Irish question’ would not go away.
And for the young Australia, the Catalpa Rescue was a demonstration that those seeking independence for their own country could triumph, that Great Britain was not unbeatable. Told with FitzSimons’ trademark pace and verve, The Catalpa Rescue is a true story that has it all: adventure, politics, morality, colonialism, the fight for independence and, most importantly, the triumph of good men against all odds.
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
March 1st, 2024
I do remember hearing of this in my history studies at university but, never got to read much into it since we truly glanced over it by getting on a topic not discussed in that class.
This should be a great listen, thanks for upping it.
Stay safe and warm folks.
bd.:)
March 1st, 2024
Is it after they exterminated the native population or before, you know Europeans are good at kiIIing
March 1st, 2024
Imagine if these prisoners were black and from Nigeria… I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be such a heroic event and this masturbatory description above would be quite different…
It’s interesting how when white men break out of jail, it’s such a great and heroic event, but when brown people do, they’re criminals who should be hunted down and killed….
Just another example of the cognitive dissonance that exists in the white, christian, european race, LOL
March 2nd, 2024
@koloko I’m sorry that a story about Irish prisoners in Australia isn’t about Nigerians. Maybe you could look for books actually set in Africa?
You’re becoming the mirror image of the white supremacists you despise.
July 20th, 2024
this was the last upload in the history category where comments were allowed
January 7th, 2025
Links still working. Thanks.
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