Great Australian Yarns by Paul Taylor

45 Riveting True Stories Every Australian Should Know

This unique anthology of the stories our history teachers didn't tell us include:

• The fugitive whose favourite food was takeaway - his fellow escapers
• The granny who giggled while her victims died in agony
• The coral island awash with blood - a lifetime's nightmares in one gory day - for 105 successive days
• The oaf who - almost - conned England's ninth richest family from its fortune
• The lady-killing cad who rivalled Jack the Ripper
• The monster of Norfolk Island
• Our first Australian idol, hanged for his sins, voluptuous Lola Montez, the gun molls whose kiss meant death, the gangsters who tried to kill our greatest sporting legend and the musical genius who sang of the joys of flagellation.

Condition: Very good
Published: First published 2004. This edition published 2011 by Five Mile Press
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781743001486
Weight: 400g