MACONOCHIE'S GENTLEMEN. The Story of Norfolk Island & The Roots of Modern Prison Reform.

Morris, Norval:

71362 (New York), Oxford Univ. Press, (2003). Reprint. Wrappers, maps, pp. xi, 213. Fine. ISBN 0-19-516912-3. "Readers could not ask for a better guide to this island of exiles and birthplace of prison reform) (cover blurb). Captain Alexander Maconochie was superintendant of the twice-convicted prisoners of Norfolk Island in the 1840s and transformed the 'living hell' into an orderly settlement. $24.00AUD
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