“I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.”
In True History of the Kelly Gang, the legendary Ned Kelly speaks for himself, scribbling his narrative on errant scraps of paper in semiliterate but magically...

A dual portrait of American outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart, Ned Kelly, separates myth from fact while discussing their young lives, personal codes, roles in national uprisings, early executions and enduring legacies. Illustrations.