{"product_id":"9781743054826","title":"Ashton's Hotel: The journal of William Baker Ashton, first governor of the Adelaide Gaol","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouth Australia was meant to be the perfect colony: free settlers, no crime, and no mental illness. But good intentions go awry. Within three years plans for a permanent gaol were well established, along with a governor to oversee it: William Baker Ashton.  Researcher Rhondda Harris came upon Ashton's long-lost journal by happy accident, and was soon absorbed by 'The Governor's' handwritten pages. They told a hidden story of early Adelaide and its underbelly, of crashes and crises and crims. 'Ashton's Hotel', the colonists called their prison. His kindness of spirit, under nigh-impossible circumstances, shines through in this first published edition of his journal, expertly contextualised and introduced by Rhondda Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press, WA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48577008271601,"sku":"9781743054826","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781743054826_p0.jpg?v=1786884844","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743054826","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}