"Near London, Ontario, in the Lucan district, even the bravest were scared to ride at night. The notorious Donnelly family - brawlers, murderers, robbers, arsonists - were despised and feared, and their reign of bloodshed and terror gripped the community... until the townspeople planned their revenge. The Black Donnellys is the tall tale of the most vicious feud in southwestern Ontario history. Blending parts of a true story with generous spoonfuls of fiction, crime author Thomas P. Kelley's sensational interpretation of ...
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"Near London, Ontario, in the Lucan district, even the bravest were scared to ride at night. The notorious Donnelly family - brawlers, murderers, robbers, arsonists - were despised and feared, and their reign of bloodshed and terror gripped the community... until the townspeople planned their revenge. The Black Donnellys is the tall tale of the most vicious feud in southwestern Ontario history. Blending parts of a true story with generous spoonfuls of fiction, crime author Thomas P. Kelley's sensational interpretation of this tragedy raised the Donnellys from local folklore to a shocking piece of Canadiana. Originally published in 1954, this classic novel has stood the test of time - pulling in generation after generation of readers with its thrilling details about the tumultuous lives and tragic deaths of five members of the Donnelly family on one night in February 1880. This new edition of The Black Donnellys - which is introduced by Ray Fazakas, the foremost expert in Donnelly family history - is sure to captivate yet another generation of historical fiction lovers and crime novel aficionados"--
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Publisher:
A Christopher Ondaatje publication Pagurian Press
Published:
1982
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17268300348
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Emma Hesse. Good. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Previous Owner Markings (Black and White Illustrations (Portraits) on Pages 67, 70, and 138 Have Been Neatly Coloured Using Some Type of Coloured Marker That Has Bled (Minimally to Other Pages), with No Impediment to Text); Repaired by Previous Owner; First Page of Front Matter Missing (Presumed Blank Page Housing Library Pocket); Light Creasing on Spine; Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Over 1 Million Copies Sold. SUB-TITLE: The True Story of Canada's Most Barbaric Feud. CONTENTS: Introduction; CHAPTER I "Jim Donnelly Came to Lucan--"; CHAPTER II The Murder of John Farrell; CHAPTER III They're Going to Hang Jim Donnelly; CHAPTER IV The Fires Begin to Break Out; CHAPTER V The Return of Jim Donnelly; CHAPTER VI John Law Steps In; CHAPTER VII "They Started Up a Stagecoach Line--"; CHAPTER VIII What Happened in Flannigan's Barn; CHAPTER IX When Hell Broke Loose; CHAPTER X Fires and More Fires; CHAPTER XI In the Reign of Terror; CHAPTER XII The Man Who Didn't Fear the Donnellys; CHAPTER XIII Blood on the Moon; CHAPTER XIV The Gathering of the Vigilantes; CHAPTER XV The Massacre; CHAPTER XVI The Sunset of the Donnellys. EDITION: First Thus; Trade Paperback; Transformed to Semi-Hardcover Using Library Perma-binding Materials and Techniques; 1st Edition 3rd Printing. SYNOPSIS: The barbaric Donnelly feud, by far the most notorious and violent in the annals of North America, was an almost endless series of depredations exemplifying human depravity at its worst. It began in the spring of 1847 only a few hours after James Donnelly, an Irish immigrant, arrived in Lucan from his native Tipperary. It lasted for nearly thirty-three years--a succession of murders, gang wars, robberies, mass arson, derailed trains, mutilations and barbarisms unparalleled in modern history. The mastermind behind these crimes was a very unusual woman--Johannah Donnelly, who even as life was being clubbed from her, set a curse on those who were killing her husband and family. For sheer savagery, the Hatfield-McCoy affair and the exploits of Jesse James seem a Victorian tea party compared to the Donnelly feud. The Black Donnellys describes with verve and insight the story of those lawless years and the demonic family who were hated by everyone who came in contact with them. The story of James and Johannah Donnelly, their seven sons and one daughter is an engrossing saga of one family's reign of terror. Thomas P. Kelley is the author of many crime and adventure stories which have appeared both in magazines and in book form. To gather material for The Black Donnellys he spent a considerable time in the Lucan area talking to old-timers, and searching through old newspaper, police and court records.
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