In search of Captain Moonlite : the strange life and death of the notorious bushranger / / Paul Terry
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| Autore: |
Terry Paul (Journalist)
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| Titolo: |
In search of Captain Moonlite : the strange life and death of the notorious bushranger / / Paul Terry
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| Pubblicazione: | Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Bushrangers - Australia |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover ; About the author; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; 1 MAN AND MYTH; 2 BEGINNINGS; 3 MAN OF GOD; 4 'THE FRAIL, FAIR ONE'; 5 ISLAND DREAMS; 6 BREAKOUT; 7 'QUEST FOR BLOOD'; 8 THE REFORMER; 9 THE LONG WALK; 10 WANTABADGERY STATION; 11 THE GUNFIGHT; 12 GUNDAGAI; 13 THE TRIAL; 14 THE LADY IN BLACK; 15 MOONLITE'S END; 16 A ROUGH, UNHEWN ROCK; Selected References; Acknowledgments |
| Sommario/riassunto: | When a masked and cloaked bandit robbed the bank at a small gold town in 1869 he created the legend of Captain Moonlite, the gun-toting man of God who enthralled and appalled the nation for more than a decade. Real name Andrew George Scott, he is remembered as bushranger, conman, warrior and lunatic. In an 11-year life of crime, he escaped from gaol, took to the road as a prison reformer and fought a pitched gun-battle that made him a household name. He was a man who loved, and was loved unreservedly in return - but more than a century passed before his dying wish to be buried with his soul ma |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In search of Captain Moonlite |
| ISBN: | 1-74343-516-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787327603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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