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'From the first convict runaways to the spectacular showdown that ended Ned Kelly's career, Evan McHugh delivers true tales of daring exploits and a cast of roguish characters who blazed their place into Australian history.

'These are incredible stories of the men - and women - who achieved fame not just by what they did, but by the way they did it, many of them lifting themselves from downtrodden underdogs to self-made heroes. There are heroic figures like Cash and Company, the prince of bushrangers Matthew Brady, Bold Jack Donohue, brave Ben Hall, Captain Thunderbolt and of course, Ned Kelly. But there are also villains like Pearce the Cannibal, Jeffries the Monster and 'Mad Dog' Morgan.

'Bushrangers is as fast paced as a stolen thoroughbred and as arresting as a squad of troopers. Through extensive first-hand accounts and gripping detail about Australia's lawless past, bestselling author Evan McHugh brings a fresh perspective to a turbulent era of crime, defiance and emerging Australia identity. (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Epigraph:
    Place me in a forest glen, unfettered, wild and free,
    With 50 tried and chosen men - a bandit chief I'd be;
    'Tis there when fighting with my foes amid my trusty band,
    I'd freely leave this world of woes and die with sword in hand.

    (Owen Suffolk, bushranger poet)

    'Foolish, inconsiderate, ill-conducted, and unprincipled youths
    unfortunately abound, and unless they are made to consider the
    consequences of crime they are led to imitate notorious felons
    whom they regard as self-made heroes.'

    (Justice Redmod Barry, Ned Kelly sentencing, 1880)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2011 .
      Extent: 316p.
      Description: ill. (some col.), maps, ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes index.
      • Publication date: 1 August 2011.
      ISBN: 9780670075416 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Non-Fiction Reviews Barbara Baker , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 - 2 October 2011; (p. 23)

— Review of The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
Recounts Stand but Don't Deliver Warwick McFadyen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 September 2011; (p. 33)

— Review of Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady : The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and​ Mary Ann Bugg Carol Baxter , 2011 single work biography ; The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
Rattling Yarns of Robbery under Arms Robert Willson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 July 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
Rattling Yarns of Robbery under Arms Robert Willson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 July 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
Recounts Stand but Don't Deliver Warwick McFadyen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 September 2011; (p. 33)

— Review of Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady : The True Story of Bushrangers Frederick Ward and​ Mary Ann Bugg Carol Baxter , 2011 single work biography ; The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
Non-Fiction Reviews Barbara Baker , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 - 2 October 2011; (p. 23)

— Review of The Bushrangers : Australia's Greatest Self-Made Heroes Evan McHugh , 2011 selected work biography
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