The Men of ’38 and Other Pioneer Priests by John O’Brien

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and at spine. Fading to spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

Edited by T J Linane and F A Mecham with a foreword by His Eminence Cardinal James Freeman.

A reprint of a series of articles which were originally published as "In Diebus Illis" in the Australasian Catholic Record from the years 1943-1945, narrating the events which resulted from Dr Ullathorne's recruiting visit to the Irish seminaries in 1837.

But it is much more than just an interesting chronicle of the devoted men who firmly established the Catholic Church in Australia. Set against the background of the harsh, lonely life of the pioneers and the early settlements, it vividly recalls numerous incidents of our past, such as the Clontarf assassination attempt and the O'Farrell brothers, the prison riots on Norfolk Island, Kitty King and the Yass Aborigines, and the exiled Irish Chieftain from Wicklow - Michael Dwyer.

The much-publicised Australian occupation of horse racing and bushranging is examined in their original context. (book flap)