Claw of the Dragon: The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton is a historical fiction book written by Patricia Bernard. It is the twenty-third book in the My Australian Story series. The book was originally published in March 2008 and later reissued as Snatched by Pirates in June 2012. It was followed by Atomic Testing by Alan Tucker.
Book description[]
- "Billy Shanghai Hamilton has been blackbirded—snatched by pirates in the Torres Strait and forced to work on a pearling boat.
Greed for pearls drives men mad, and the seas are full of danger. Soon Billy is fighting for survival in a dangerous world of assassins, treasure hunters, deep-sea diving, underworld crime and mutiny."
Billy Shanghai Hamilton has been blackbirded—snatched by pirates in the Torres Strait and forced to work on a pearling boat.
Greed for pearls drives men mad, and the seas are full of danger. Soon Billy is fighting for survival in a dangerous world of assassins, treasure hunters, deep-sea diving, underworld crime and mutiny."
Plot[]
Historical Note[]
Characters[]
- Main article: List of Claw of the Dragon characters
Author[]
- Main article: Patricia Bernard
Editions[]
Acknowledgements[]
- "Thank you to my editor Mark Macleod and to Di Leitch and Jean Indermaur of Broome Library; Di Emms and Jean Matchett of the Great Lakes Library; the Pigram Brothers for their wonderful, inspiring music lyrics; Marcelle, Shaila and David Morris, my readers; and to Colin Julin and my brilliant Shona and Marcelle for their computer skills, without which I could not survive."
Notes[]
- The portrait on both editions is a photograph of a boy licensed from Luke Bartholomew Tan Boon Kiat at iStock.
- The background of the second edition is a photograph titled Pearling boat at sea in North Queensland, 1899.[3]
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