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Author : Nick Bleszynski
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Shoot Straight You Bastards written by Nick Bleszynski and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
A fascinating insight into Breaker Morant and the question of morality and human life. The question of "The Breaker's" innocence is still being fiercely debated more than a century after Lieutenant Harry Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at dawn on 27 February, 1902, by a British military firing squad. Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is a universal account of greed, ambition and the power of the political machine that crushes anyone who gets in the way. In much the same way that Bruce Beresford's award-winning feature film Breaker Morant captured the popular imagination, Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is an explosive read, as controversial an event today as it was 101 years ago. In every war there is a character like Morant - a rebellious spirit who ends up on the wrong side of the "great cause". This updated edition includes an appendix containing dramatic new evidence that Kitchener gave orders to "take no prisoners". Expert legal opinion supporting the Breaker's innocence and a strong campaign to secure a proper judicial review combine here in a story Australians have waited more than a century to read!
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Author : Nick Bleszynski
language : en
Publisher: Random House (Australia)
Release Date : 2002
Shoot Straight You Bastards written by Nick Bleszynski and has been published by Random House (Australia) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Murder or justice? This question is still being fiercely debated a century after Lieutenant harry Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at dawn on 27th February 1902, by a British military firing squad. -- back cover.
Famous Last Words
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Author : Alan Bisbort
language : en
Publisher: Pomegranate
Release Date : 2001
Famous Last Words written by Alan Bisbort and has been published by Pomegranate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Humor categories.
Whether Inspiring, Incomprehensible, insightful, bleak, or absurd, last words can be spoken by the living as well as the dying. Among the dying, last words are truly final, as was the case with Dylan Thomas, who uttered "I've just had eighteen straight whiskeys. I think that's the record." Famous Last Words records the parting shots of dozens of folks no longer with us, from those dead for political reasons to those who themselves decided to end it all. And it records the words of those who went on with their lives after uttering a memorable farewell but whose reputation was made by their words, often to their lasting frustration, such as the infamous Richard Milhous Nixon: "You won't have me to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." Famous Last Words also preserves the last words of those inhabiting the world of fiction, whether in a book, on the stage, in a movie or on TV. Blanche DuBois's "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" ranks right alongside Charles Foster Kane's "Rosebud" and Sidney Carton's "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. . . ." The mutterings of the imagined are always floating around in our culture's consciousness, kicking lustily. Author Alan Bisbort consulted unimpeachable sources and original texts in compiling this compendium of 140 choice good-byes. But not only the farewells capture our attention: Bisbort's concise, witty, and informative text adds revealing context to the quoted words. Famous Last Words is fascinating, illuminating, and immensely rewarding. Reading through the pages may reveal some unifying impulse behind all those bye-byes; if so, you have truly stumbled uponthe meaning of life.
Major Thomas
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Author : Greg Growden
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-07-23
Major Thomas written by Greg Growden and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-23 with History categories.
Opinion is still sharply divided on whether Breaker Morant and his Australian co-defendants were criminals who got what they deserved, or scapegoats used by the British Empire. Major Thomas, the bush lawyer drafted in at the last minute to defend them, is invariably depicted as either a hero or an incompetent fool. Now, for the first time, Greg Growden attempts to unravel the truth about the lawyer and soldier who returned from South Africa a broken man. Before the Boer War, Major Thomas had been a pillar of his community. He was a published poet, newspaper proprietor, lawyer and decorated soldier, but defending Breaker Morant became the defining episode of his life. The former ‘King of Tenterfield’ endured a stunning fall from grace, slipping into bankruptcy and imprisonment. Thomas ended his days as an eccentric recluse, his life ruined by the ignominy and frustration of finding himself on the wrong side of history. For more than a century he has been a footnote in diverging historical arguments. A proper hearing for Major Thomas is long overdue.
Breaker Morant
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Author : Joe West
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-12-15
Breaker Morant written by Joe West and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with History categories.
Kitchener's scapegoat or a murderous war criminal? The truth about Breaker Morant revealed
The Bedside Book Of Final Words
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language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2014-11-15
The Bedside Book Of Final Words written by and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-15 with Literary Collections categories.
A funny and charming collection of famous last words.
You Ll Never Take Me Alive
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Author : Nick Bleszynski
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2008
You Ll Never Take Me Alive written by Nick Bleszynski and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
A powerful tale of betrayal and vengeance, this title tells the story of Ben Hall, a hero in the great outlaw tradition.
Breaker Morant
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Author : Peter FitzSimons
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Breaker Morant written by Peter FitzSimons and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with History categories.
The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most people have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. The adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day. With his masterful command of story, Peter FitzSimons takes us to the harsh landscape of southern Africa and into the bloody action of war against an unpredictable force using modern commando tactics. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'the Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and finally we will know if the Breaker was a hero, a cad, a scapegoat or a criminal.
Anzac S Dirty Dozen
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Author : Craig Stockings
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2012
Anzac S Dirty Dozen written by Craig Stockings and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The flying career of John Robertson Duigan spanned just a decade from 1908 to 1918. 100 years ago he built and successfully flew the first aeroplane made in Australia using only photographs, journal articles and an unreliable textbook as his guides. He was the first Australian to fly a powered Australian-made aeroplane in Australia. The full story of John Duigan and his flying career has now been published for the first time.
The Fourth Western Novel Megapack
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Author : H. H. Knibbs
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2015-07-16
The Fourth Western Novel Megapack written by H. H. Knibbs and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with Fiction categories.
Yes, it's another another great selection of four western-themed books from Wildside Press! Here are: THE TONTO KID, by H. H. Knibbs ... "Few Western novels present such a powerful and ruthless character as young Pete in The Tonto Kid. Like Billy the Kid, Pete started his violent career at an early age; by thirteen he was famous as a 'killer.' His vivid life is a classic in Western fiction, written by a man who knows the drama of a colorful American era." BLOODY KANSAS, by Chuck Martin ... Would Marshall Sutton's lightning gun be fast enough to clean up Dodge City? COMANCHE VENGEANCE, by Richard Jessup ... He followed her on her trail for bengeance, a guardian angel with a fast gun... TEXAS HELLION, by J.H. Plenn ... The true story of the deadliest man-killer in the lusty, trigger-happy days of the Old West! If you enjoy this volume of classic Westerns, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including not just historical fiction, but mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror -- and much, much more!