Reseña del libro "Ned Kelly (en Inglés)"
Doug Morrissey&rsquo,s acclaimed book Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life (2015) was shortlisted for the prestigious Prime Minister&rsquo,s LiteraryAward for Australian History in 2016. This his second book in atrilogy of historical works dealing with Ned&rsquo,s life and times,shines a much-needed light on the bushranger&rsquo,s pioneercommunity. The lives of selectors, squatters, and stock thieves areexamined revealing a complex community, significantly different fromthe Kelly myth fiction of squatter tyranny, police oppression andselector poverty and despair. Morrissey&rsquo,s book holds the key tounderstanding the Kelly Outbreak, Ned and his Sympathisers and theneglected &lsquo,silent&rsquo, majority of respectable, law-abidingresidents. It reveals the collaborative fulcrum on which communitylife turned, based on cooperation not conflict. Settling the land isdiscussed as a successful pioneering endeavor rather than the usualdepressing tale of woe. Cultural beliefs, shared values, communitygoals and how people conducted and expressed themselves in their daily lives, are at the center of this groundbreaking book. Those writingabout the bushranger&rsquo,s life and times from now on, will need toreference Morrissey&rsquo,s evidence-based research or their writingswill not be taken seriously.
