SHIPWRECKS AND FEMALE CASTAWAYS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA

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

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD [OF SHIPWRECK AND CASTAWAYS]

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. 

FOR BOOK BUYERS AND HISTORY BUFFS WITH AN INTEREST IN DRAMATIC CASTAWAY STORIES

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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THE GREATEST TRUE CASTAWAY STORY EVER TOLD

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.                           

LISTEN TO ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA INTERVIEW BY STEVE AUSTIN ON "WILDFLOWER" THE BARBARA THOMPSON STORY

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. 

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RAY MEARS GOES WALKABOUT IN THE TORRES STRAIT SPECIAL. WILDFLOWER THE BARBARA CRAWFORD THOMPSON STORY HAS A SPECIAL FOR DAVE WATCHERS.

                                                                

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"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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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.

BARBARA THOMPSON CASTAWAY, ALONE WITH HEAD HUNTERS

THE BOOK "WILDFLOWER" THE BARBARA CRAWFORD THOMPSON STORY COVERS THE LIFE OF BARBARA THOMPSON, A VERY YOUNG SCOTTISH GIRL WHO WAS TAKEN FROM HER HOME IN SYDNEY IN MARCH 1843 AND WAS FOUND LIVING WITH HEADHUNTERS IN THE TORRES STRAIT ALMOST SEVEN YEARS LATER, IN OCTOBER 1849 BY THE SHIP HMS "RATTLESNAKE" CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY.

 

THIS BOOK IS THE RESULT OF 25 YEARS RESEARCH INTO THE LIFE OF BARBARA THOMPSON AND THE FINAL RESULTS ARE AMAZING. THE TRUE [AND CERTIFIED] TALE OF THIS YOUNG SCOTTISH LASSIE'S TRAUMATIC ADVENTURES WILL KEEP YOU ENTHRALLED.

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HOW TO PURCHASE THE BOOK "WILDFLOWER" THE BARBARA CRAWFORD THOMPSON STORY

                                   

There is a special offer for Christmas 2015 if you check the Barbara Thompson post on this blog.
Purchasing the book "Wildflower is a simple affair, it can be had by contacting the Author direct  on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com. The book can also be bought on Amazon [delivery 8 days] and my UK Agent also has a new Blog site similar to this. Payment can be made through PayPal with the Author and of course Amazon will look after those with Amazon accounts.

NEW AND BEAUTIFUL LEATHERETTE BINDING FOR "WILDFLOWER"

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BARBARA THOMPSON OF SHIPWRECK AND CASTAWAY FAME

For an enjoyable read [if you like anecdotes and bush poetry from down under] see the Author's Blog "Australian Bush Ballads from Down Under" just Google the title and away you go.Also, check out the "Warren Register of Colonial Tall Ships if you like tales of the sea.



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THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU WILL NEVER FORGET, HER TALE READS LIKE A FICTION BUT AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID, FACT CAN BE MUCH STRANGER THAN ANY FICTION!
 
Barbara Thompson[nee Crawford] has been an enigma in Australian Colonial history due to the limited amount of information surrounding her mysterious stranding with wild natives at Cape York Australia. Her story was first told by three scientists who were aboard the ship HMS "Rattlesnake" that rescued her in October 1849, five years after she was shipwrecked on Prince of Wales [East] Island [Nurapai Island] in November 1844. She has long been called Mrs Barbara Thompson but was in fact never married to the man she called "husband". Her life story from birth to death [certified] is told in the new and magnificent history, Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story. The book is available in both hardcover and paperback.  Buy this wonderful [now solved] "History Mystery" direct from the Author on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com. Payment can be made via PayPal and an invoice will be sent the moment you order. The book can be signed as you wish with delivery to the UK and Europe taking about 8 days. Look on this Blog to compare paperback and Hardcover bindings.

RAY MEARS GOES WALKABOUT STILL SHINING FOR "WILDFLOWER"

The Ray Mears Goes Walkabout Show is still letting the British [and other] public know about the Barbara Crawford Thompson Story. This wonderful true history came to fruition in June 2008 when The popular BBC program aired the four part series Ray Mears Goes Walkabout.The book"Wildflower" The Barbara Crawford Thompson Story is the first work to unravel the heroine's mysteriously and suspiciously "hidden" history, one that has baffled researchers and writers for over 160 years.

Repeats of the the Mears program has kept the book to the fore and now that the final revised edition is due for release on February 26th 2012, orders are coming in thick and fast.

A special 500 copy hardcover edition has been arranged and these will be signed and owners noted by the Author. Please contact direct on ray.j.warren@hotmail.com