Jail journal

by John Mitchel

*Commenced on board the "Shearwater" steamer in Dublin Bay, continued at Spike Island, on board the "Scourge" war steamer, on the "Dromedary" hulk, Bermuda, on board the "Neptune" convict ship, at Pernambuco, at the Cape of Good Hope (during the anti-convict rebellion), at Van Diemen's Land, at Sydney, at Tahiti, at San Francisco, at Greytown, and concluding at no.3 pier, North River, New York : with an introductory narrative of transactions in Ireland.* (Subtitle.)

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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