It was woe to the woman or girl who became shipwrecked and cast away with natives during the Victorian era. So it was for Barbara Crawford Thompson who was stranded in the Torres Strait in 1844 at age 13 years. Barbara had been taken from her home in Sydney an March 1843 and for over 160 years, the story of how she got there and how she survived alone with headhunters for five long years is now uncovered in the book "Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story
Her story has long been a history mystery that has puzzled historians, researchers and the general public since Barbara was rescued in October 1849 .
Now the true story can be told and the truth is definitely stranger than any fiction.
The book can be purchased direct from the Author by email and PayPal or by buying through Amazon UK.
Contact the Author for a signed copy in Paperback or Hardcover [limited edition] on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com
There are several tales of shipwreck and castaways that have been recorded and/or handed down throughout history but none are mere dramatic or mysterious than that of the twelve-year-old Scottish lass Barbara Crawford [or Barbara Thompson] who was shipwrecked in the dangerous head hunting waters of the Torres Strait, just to the north of Australia.
Barbara told her rescuers some years later that a local tribe from Murralahg Island had adopted her and she had managed to survive when all was stacked against her. She also told them that she was 16 years old when she eloped with a man named William Thompson.
This information has been dis-proven and her "history mystery" completely unraveled, revealing a story that no fiction writer would be game to submit.
Just 12 years old when stolen away from her Sydney home by a convict from Brisbane, she survived the bush and sea travel her captor forced upon her before she, as a thirteen-year-old was trapped alone with tribal head hunters for 5 long years.
The 264 page final edition of her story [25 years in the writing] was released on April 16th 2012 and will enthrall readers of history or novels in that her experiences surely show that fact can be much stranger than fiction.
Contact the Author direct for a signed copy of this wonderful true story on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com. Payment can be made with PayPal and look for special prices on this Blog.
The book "Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story will [and has] certainly appeal to those who love a good true life "History Mystery". A 12-year-old disappears from her home in Sydney in March 1843 and is not found until October 1849. It is not really how she was found that is of concern, it is where!
Barbara Crawford Thompson was found living alone on an island in the Torres Strait with a tribe of headhunting natives. How did she survive the initial contact after shipwreck? How did she get there in the first instance? Who were her parents, did she have siblings? These and almost all other questions in her life are answered after being hidden away for almost 160 years. For information on how you can purchase the book, contact the Author direct on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com
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By far and away the greatest true castaway story ever told is the dramatic tale of Barbara Crawford Thompson "The Wildflower"..
This very young Scottish lass [12 years old] disappeared from her home in Kent Street Sydney in March 1843 and was not found until she presented herself to the Officers and crew of HMS "Rattlesnake" at Evans Bay near the tip of Cape York, Australia in October 1849. Her life and adventures will shock and amaze the reader as 90% of her story has remained hidden from the public eye for over 160 years.
The book is available direct from the Author or from Amazon UK. In both cases, delivery is approximately 8 days. The book is of 264 pages [8 in full color] and has over 50 illustrations, one of which is the only known photograph of the heroine as an old lady in c1915. Contact the Author direct for a signed copy of this wonderful "history mystery" unraveled on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com
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Paperback = Special Anniversary offer 29.50 British pounds plus postage and handling from April 16th to April 30th 2018 Order Now.
Please contact the Author on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com to order. Payment is by PayPal and delivery is about 8 days to the UK, Europe and the USA. Book is of 264 pages with 8 full color plates and over 40 illustrations and maps. Please contact the Author on; ray.j.warren@hotmail.com. Prices are subject to price change after April 30th 2015.
Now you can listen to ABC Radio Australia interviewing the Author of "Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story by Google: blogs.abc.net.au/wildflower-the-barbara-crawford-thompson-story
Please download and listen to her dramatic story online, no it wont ruin a good read but the broadcast will certainly whet your reading buds.
Paperback
"Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story
The first ten persons to contact the Author direct on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com will be able to purchase a signed copy of this magnificent "History Mystery Uncovered" from Australia's Colonial Past at not 31 pounds 50 but at a low 29 pounds 10. Postage from Australia is extremely high but the Author has taken most of this upon himself in this celebratory offer on this the final revised edition
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Barbara Thompson [nee Crawford] has long been an enigma in our histories but now her true story is out and in this final revised edition, you will see for the first time, the only known photograph of the heroine not long before her death in 1916 at age 85. Now her entire life has been revealed and you will be amazed at this very young Scottish lass and her stoicism and endurance.
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Hardcover
Payment for the book can be made by PayPal when you order and remember this history was just 144 pages and 36 b&w illustrations in the 2008 second edition but now has 50 illustrations [eight in full color] and 264 pages. The book is also available in limited edition Hardcover at just 49.10 pounds. The hardcover is in a beautiful leatherette with gold embossing on the spine and front, it also has an illustrated dust jacket. The limited hardcover edition [see pic] is normally 57 pounds 10 but has also been placed on special for ten special Dave Television viewers. Make your order by email now.
