Ned Kelly

Man and Myth

Edited by Colin Cave

Cassell Australia, 1980, ISBN 072691410X, black and white photographic plates, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscription on half title page, age toned pages (see photographs)

“In the whole of Australia’s history, the bizarre life and exploits of Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly and his small gang are probably the most often referred to, the most emotive and the least well documented.
Stories of Ned, Dan, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart abound.  Kelly the folk-hero, the myth, the legend, is perpetuated in songs, paintings and in a welter of conflicting opinions.  Who, in the midst of all this confusion, was the real Ned Kelly?
This new edition of Ned Kelly Man and Myth commemorates the centenary of Kelly’s hanging and is a revealing study of the man and his times.  The views of leading academics and other historians have been brought together in an effort to uncover the truth about a ‘shifty, dangerous and emotion-raising episode of Australian history’.  An attempt has been made to remove the layers of myth and legend, lies and innuendoes, half-remembered truths and remembered half-truths – all of which have helped to obscure the Kelly story.”