{"product_id":"alcock-don-itinerant-soul-9781764244107","title":"Itinerant Soul","description":"From the slums of Liverpool to the edges of the known world, one boy's hunger for freedom sparks a journey that will span continents... and generations.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the squalid docklands of 1830s Liverpool, fifteen-year-old Richard Belsar knows two things for sure: life is hard, and dreams are for other people. Born into a world of poverty, violence, and survival, Richard longs for more than lumping cargo and dodging gangs. He craves the open sea, the thrill of foreign lands, and a chance to build a life of his own making.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat unfolds is an extraordinary story of a young man who crosses oceans and empires as a merchant sailor and ship's carpenter. From the wind-whipped decks of Atlantic traders to the palm-oil outposts of West Africa, from the convict ports of Van Diemen's Land to the goldfields of Victoria, Itinerant Soul follows the path of a working-class boy who dares to carve his mark into history.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBlending fact and fiction, Itinerant Soul is a biographic imagination of a true story. Don Alcock pieces together fragments of archives, crew lists, and family lore to breathe life into the past and paints a raw and compelling portrait of working-class survival in the 19th century.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you've ever wondered who your ancestors really were-beyond the birthdates and gravestones-this novel offers a moving glimpse. Raw, vivid, and unflinchingly human, Itinerant Soul reminds us that history lives not just in textbooks, but in us.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt its heart, this is a story about the enduring bonds of family-and the way ordinary lives shape extraordinary legacies.","brand":"Turtle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53709193216342,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781764244107_1.jpg?v=1778871638","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/alcock-don-itinerant-soul-9781764244107","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}