Black Snake. The Real Story Of Ned Kelly

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publisher Place: South Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 305 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The story of Ned Kelly is also the untold story of Michael Kennedy, the police sergeant slain and robbed by the outlaw 140 years ago. Both Kennedy and Kelly were Irish immigrants struggling to make their way in the new colonies of Australia - Kennedy was committed to defending the law, while Kelly was hell-bent on breaking it. When their paths crossed one fateful day at Stringybark Creek, it triggered the end for one and the beginning of an incredible myth about the other. Author Leo Kennedy is the great grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy. He was raised in the shadow of his great grandfather's murder. He witnessed the deep psychological wounds inflicted on successive generations of his family - and the families of other victims - as the Ned Kelly myth grew around them and the sacrifice of their loved ones was forgotten. Leo himself was nicknamed 'Red Ned' at school and taunted for being on the wrong side of Australian history.

ISBN: 9781925584950