Ned Kelly

Charles Osborne

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Ned Kelly by Charles Osborne..Ned Kelly can be viewed either as a vicious and coldblooded thug or as a romantic champion of the underdog. The Kelly myth has taken hold of the Australian imagination. In the biography Charles Osborne begins with a discussion of the legend and it's importance to Australians, then proceeds to an account of Kelly's childhood, the formation of the gang under police persecution, and it's great popular success. The siege at Glenrowan, Kelly's last stand. is described in details, as well as his final trial and execution. Included in the narrative is a collection of bush ballads, a detailed list of reported Kelly sightings, all the major Kelly letters, excerpts from the trial transcript, and a number of contemporary documents. 

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