{"product_id":"blackbirding-by-ryan-butta-9781923135703","title":"Blackbirding","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn important reckoning with Australia’s unspoken history of slavery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a nation, we are becoming more accustomed to reckoning with the horrors and trauma of our colonial past, but one area has remained in the shadows: the Australian slave trade of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown as ‘blackbirding’, this dark corner of our history has been evaded and elided. It is now confronted head-on by Ryan Butta in this new work of immersive and meticulously researched historical nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlackbirding\u003c\/em\u003e, Ryan Butta brings all his skills of combining serious historical research with compelling storytelling to the fore, following the success of his bestselling books \u003cem\u003eThe Ballad of Abdul Wade\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bravest Scout at Gallipoli\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47642071957740,"sku":"9781923135703","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923135703-blackbirding.jpg?v=1779141870","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/blackbirding-by-ryan-butta-9781923135703","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}