On a Barbarous Coast (Non-Fiction)

On a Barbarous Coast

by Craig Cormick and Harold Ludwick

On a Barbarous CoastÂ is an alternative retelling of Captain James Cook's story co-written by Craig Cormick and Harold Ludwick in the tradition of imagined histories.

Format: PB
Category: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publish Date: June 2020

On a night of raging winds and rain, Captain Cook'sÂ EndeavourÂ lies splintered on a coral reef off the coast of far north Australia. A small disparate band of survivors, fracturing already, huddle on the shore of this strange land - their pitiful salvage scant protection from the dangers of the unknown creatures and natives that live here. Watching these mysterious white beings, the Guugu Yimidhirr people cannot decide if they are ancestor spirits to be welcomed - or hostile spirits to be speared. One headstrong young boy, Garrgiil, determines to do more than watch and to be the one to find out what exactly they are. Fierce, intriguing and thoughtful, On a Barbarous Coast is the story of a past and future that might have been.

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