The Black Donnellys
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Book Information

  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 14 December 2011
  • Copyright Year: 2011
  • ISBN: 9781459407053
  • Edition: 2
  • Page Count: 128
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

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The Black Donnellys

The Outrageous Tale of Canada's Deadliest Feud

by Nate Hendley

The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized. A thick layer of rumour, legend, and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: crime biography.
"Johannah trained her sons to fight dirty. A knee to the groin, a thumb to an eye, all was fair as long as a Donnelly prevailed." "Hit first, talk later," she told her boys. This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: crime biography. The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized. A thick layer of rumour, legend, and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. But one thing is clear. No one who reads this book will ever forget the murderous events that occurred near the town of Lucan, Ontario in the 1870s.

About the Author

Nate Hendley
NATE HENDLEY is a Toronto-based freelance writer/reporter. Born in 1966, Hendley has been working as a journalist since the early 1990s. His publishing credits include The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Marketing magazine, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Journal, PROFIT magazine''s e-newsletters, etc. Hendley is also a published author, with eight books in print. Six of these titles (on bank robber Edwin Alonzo Boyd, the notorious Black Donnelly family, American gangsters Dutch Schultz and Al Capone, John Lennon and the drug, methamphetamine) were released by Altitude Publishing, of Alberta. Hendley specializes in writing on crime, politics, history, music and substance abuse.

Subjects (BISAC)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Canada / General, TRUE CRIME / General

Subjects

Canadian Biography: True Crime, Canadian History, Canadian History: True Crime

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