Hanging Ned Kelly
Elijah Upjohn, the hangmen and the underbelly of colonial Australia
$22.40
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2023
Summary
When it came time to hang Ned Kelly, the job fell to shit-shoveller-turned-quack-doctor-turned-drunken-chicken-thief Elijah Upjohn. Such is life indeed.
Hanging Ned Kelly looks at the life and demise of Australia’s most famous antihero from a new perspective: that of the vagabond who finally put the noose around his neck. Elijah Upjohn was the latest in a long line of flogging hangmen allowed to run amok because they’d do the dirty work that let officials keep their hands cle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922992185 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922992186 |
| Author: | Michael Adams |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Michael Adams
Michael Adams has worked as a magazine journalist and editor, and a television scriptwriter, producer and presenter. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Murder Squad, and is the creator and host of the podcast Forgotten Australia.
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