Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly by Max Brown 312 Page Hardcover Book
$34.95Original price was: $34.95.$19.95Current price is: $19.95.
A century and one-third after his death, Ned Kelly’s not forgotten, and it’s hard to believe Australians will ever forget him. As Max Brown makes clear, he passed into folklore in his lifetime, so where is he now? This is not an easy question, but Max Brown’s book is part of the answer wherever he is. When Ned was alive, and police in two states were trying to find him, he was regularly labelled a criminal, murderer, desperado, villain, et cetera. Respectable society condemned him because they had to. We might say they knew no better. The fantastic thing about Ned and his gang is that they convinced many people that justice might mean injustice and vice-versa. Ned was hanged in 1880. A lifetime later, with the world recovering from World War 2, Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly was written. Decades later, Max revised it but didn’t live to see this later version, which keeps the tradition alive. Tradition? Yes. The famous bushranger, from the poorest of poor families, has given rise to a persisting idea that the apparatus of justice may pursue the ends of injustice and be meted out to those who, by their sense of what’s right, deserve it least.
A century and one-third after his death, Ned Kelly’s not forgotten, and it’s hard to believe Australians will ever forget him. As Max Brown makes clear, he passed into folklore in his lifetime, so where is he now? This is not an easy question, but Max Brown’s book is part of the answer wherever he is. When Ned was alive, and police in two states were trying to find him, he was regularly labelled a criminal, murderer, desperado, villain, et cetera. Respectable society condemned him because they had to. We might say they knew no better. The fantastic thing about Ned and his gang is that they convinced many people that justice might mean injustice and vice-versa. Ned was hanged in 1880. A lifetime later, with the world recovering from World War 2, Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly was written. Decades later, Max revised it but didn’t live to see this later version, which keeps the tradition alive. Tradition? Yes. The famous bushranger, from the poorest of poor families, has given rise to a persisting idea that the apparatus of justice may pursue the ends of injustice and be meted out to those who, by their sense of what’s right, deserve it least.
Max Brown was born 1916 at Invercargill, New Zealand, educated in Melbourne (St. Kilda Park Central and University High School) and worked as a journalist in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and several country towns, notably Echuca, Bendigo, Lithgow and Kalgoorlie. His paternal grandparents were on the Dunstan Gorge goldfield and his maternal grandparents at Dunolly where the Welcome Stranger nugget was found. He was at various times a teacher, wharf labourer, knockabout and film publicist. After service with the RAAF in the Second World War he used his severance pay to write Australian Son, which was first published in Melbourne and London 1948, republished 1961, again in 1980 and (final revised version) 2005, republished as a hardback edition 2013. He wrote two novels, Wild Turkey (1958) and The Jimberi Track (1966), as well as The Black Eureka, a history of the 1946 strike of West Australian station Aborigines, and Buttered Toast: stories and sketches, a book which further demonstrates his sympathy with those on the fringes of society. Max died in Ballarat in September 2003.
Note: Featuring a full-colour wraparound dust jacket, every sale of Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly hardcover book comes with a FREEIron Outlaw Collector Card (series one, number one) and two FREE 36-page mini-mags by Chester Eagle, The Wars Were Over and The Armour on the life of Australian Son author Max Brown and Ned Kelly’s armour!
Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly by Max Brown 312 Page Hardcover Book
$34.95Original price was: $34.95.$19.95Current price is: $19.95.A century and one-third after his death, Ned Kelly’s not forgotten, and it’s hard to believe Australians will ever forget him. As Max Brown makes clear, he passed into folklore in his lifetime, so where is he now? This is not an easy question, but Max Brown’s book is part of the answer wherever he is. When Ned was alive, and police in two states were trying to find him, he was regularly labelled a criminal, murderer, desperado, villain, et cetera. Respectable society condemned him because they had to. We might say they knew no better. The fantastic thing about Ned and his gang is that they convinced many people that justice might mean injustice and vice-versa. Ned was hanged in 1880. A lifetime later, with the world recovering from World War 2, Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly was written. Decades later, Max revised it but didn’t live to see this later version, which keeps the tradition alive. Tradition? Yes. The famous bushranger, from the poorest of poor families, has given rise to a persisting idea that the apparatus of justice may pursue the ends of injustice and be meted out to those who, by their sense of what’s right, deserve it least.
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A century and one-third after his death, Ned Kelly’s not forgotten, and it’s hard to believe Australians will ever forget him. As Max Brown makes clear, he passed into folklore in his lifetime, so where is he now? This is not an easy question, but Max Brown’s book is part of the answer wherever he is. When Ned was alive, and police in two states were trying to find him, he was regularly labelled a criminal, murderer, desperado, villain, et cetera. Respectable society condemned him because they had to. We might say they knew no better. The fantastic thing about Ned and his gang is that they convinced many people that justice might mean injustice and vice-versa. Ned was hanged in 1880. A lifetime later, with the world recovering from World War 2, Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly was written. Decades later, Max revised it but didn’t live to see this later version, which keeps the tradition alive. Tradition? Yes. The famous bushranger, from the poorest of poor families, has given rise to a persisting idea that the apparatus of justice may pursue the ends of injustice and be meted out to those who, by their sense of what’s right, deserve it least.
Note: Featuring a full-colour wraparound dust jacket, every sale of Australian Son: The Story of Ned Kelly hardcover book comes with a FREE Iron Outlaw Collector Card (series one, number one) and two FREE 36-page mini-mags by Chester Eagle, The Wars Were Over and The Armour on the life of Australian Son author Max Brown and Ned Kelly’s armour!
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