Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781925138481)

The books on Kelly multiply without adding to our understanding. Instead the mythologising becomes more intense and uncritical. Doug Morrissey has something new to say on Kelly and his world. Ned Kelly was very ready with excuses and justifications for his actions. His admiring biographers endorse them. In this book Doug subjects them to close scrutiny. They all fall over and a different Ned emerges - a man who had embraced a lawless life. Doug Morrissey is an expert on life in Kelly country. His previous writings have annoyed the admirers of Australia's most famous bushranger. This book will cause heated debate. It includes a criticism of the best known Kelly books and a line by line annotation of the errors and misrepresentations in Ned's own Jerilderie Letter.

Author: Doug Morrissey
ISBN-10: 1925138488
ISBN-13: 9781925138481
Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2015
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.76d