As a young man in 19th century London, Thomas Cooley was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and transported to West Australia, for theft to the value of about 36 cents. He then received a further twelve months hard labour, shackled in leg irons at Fremantle Prison for the "crime" of answering back.
This is the story of Thomas Cooley's adventurous life, researched over forty years by his great granddaughter, award-winning biographer, Lois D. Cooley