Notes

the diary of Samuel Abraham Clark Disappointment Island, 1907 /
written by Bill O'Brien.

199 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates :

illustrations, map.
New Zealand author.
Summary: 1907: Life in the orphanage is often brutal and Sam decides to break away and work his passage to Sydney on a ship. From there he plans to go to America to find his brother. Unfortunately he chooses the ill-fated Dundonald to work his passage. Only weeks out from Sydney the Dundonald is wrecked and Sam is one of 15 sailors cast away on Disappointment Island.

My New Zealand story.