On a barbarous coast what if there was an alternative ending to Captain Cook's story? Cormick, Craig 1961- creator author. Ludwick, Harold author. text Alternative histories (Fiction) Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Alternative histories (Fiction) Australian fiction-21st century. xna 2020 2020 monographic eng print 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm :"On a Barbarous Coast is an alternative retelling of Captain James Cook's story co-written by Craig Cormick and Harold Ludwick in the tradition of imagined histories.We were becoming the wild things we most feared, but could not see it at the time.On a night of raging winds and rain, Captain Cook's Endeavour lies splintered on a coral reef off the coast of far north Australia. A small disparate band of survivors, fracturing already, huddle on the shore of this strange land - their pitiful salvage scant protection from the dangers of the unknown creatures and natives that live here.Watching these mysterious white beings, the Guugu Yimidhirr people cannot decide if they are ancestor spirits to be welcomed - or hostile spirits to be speared. One headstrong young boy, Garrgiil, determines to do more than watch and to be the one to find out what exactly they are.Fierce, intriguing and thoughtful, On a Barbarous Coast is the story of a past and future that might have been."--Publisher description. general Craig Cormack and Harold Ludwick. u-at--- Cook, James 1728-1779 Fiction Endeavour (Ship) Fiction Cook, James 1728-1779 Endeavour (Ship) Shipwrecks Australia Fiction Shipwreck victims Australia Fiction Survival Fiction Aboriginal Australians Fiction Aboriginal Australians History 18th century Fiction Australia History 18th century Fiction Australia Discovery and exploration British Fiction Aboriginal Australians Australian fiction Discovery and exploration, British Shipwreck victims Shipwrecks Survival Australia 1700-1799 fast PR9619.3.C5864 O53 2020 823/.92 A823.4 9781760877347 1760877344 pda,print YDX 200302 20250318223515.6 in00004276015 eng