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Plot Summary of Charcoal Williams
"Story starts in Wales at end of 18th Century. Follows "Charcoal Williams", a free settler to New South Wales. Other free settlers, political prisoners become miners, farmers, graziers and more. Families intertwine and help build the fabric of today's Australia."
Carol McNeill, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Political/social rights fight Yes
job/profession: - businessman
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) - British
Gender/Class story? - immigrant story
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman
Age: - long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - Australian
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 (some)
Small town? Yes
Century: - 19th century

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Commentary on society? Yes
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations? - A lot 11-15 B&W
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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