This month, in July 1827, Irish convict John Graham escaped the hellhole that was Moreton Bay Penal Settlement in what is now Queensland, Australia, only to end up a captive of the Kabi, a primitive Aboriginal tribe whose members had never seen a white man before.
Irish convict John Graham
The Kabi believed their ancestors sometimes returned as white spirits and thus Graham was considered a white spirit and was adopted into the tribe.
Upon learning this, authors Lance & James Morcan were inspired to research the life and times of John Graham. Their epic historical adventure WHITE SPIRIT (A novel based on a true story) is the end result of that research.
Graham’s story is surely one of the most inspiring true-life, wilderness survival tales. Hunted for five years by British soldiers and their Aboriginal trackers, he lived as an Aborigine, learning their language, following the Songlines, witnessing the Dreamtime, embracing their customs, fighting their enemies and even marrying Mamba, one of their women.
It was Mamba’s testimony that the Irishman was in fact her deceased husband returned from the dead that saved him from being burned alive by his Kabi captors. In one strange twist of fate, he found himself husband to Mamba and father to her two young sons.
Kabi Aboriginal hunters.
★★★★★ “Disturbing, brutal, honest, unputdownable. It is real, very, very real with fascinating characters at the helm. Very highly recommended! Both men and women will enjoy the story.” –‘History and Women’ org.
WHITE SPIRIT is available as an audiobook courtesy of Amazon’s Audible initiative. Listening time for this epic is 32hrs. 46mins. For those who prefer the printed word, it is available as a paperback via Harvard Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones UK & Europe bookstores, Amazon and via public libraries.
#Amazon paperback link for WHITE SPIRIT (A novel based on a true story) – https://www.amazon.com/White-Spirit-novel-based-story/dp/0473372266/
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