You'll Never Take Me Alive: The Life and Death of Bushranger Ben Hall by Nick Bleszynski

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page.

A classic tale of betrayal, injustice and vengeance from the roaring days of the Victorian gold rush.

You'll Never Take Me Alive tells the story of Ben Hall, a hero in the great outlaw tradition. Falsely imprisoned for bushranging by New South Wales police in 1862, Ben Hall declared, 'I might as well have the game as the blame'. He bailed up more banks, stations, squatters and towns than any other bushranger and masterminded the Eugowra escort robbery, netting the biggest haul in the colony's short history.

Known as 'the gentleman bushranger', Ben Hall was a chivalrous champion of the people. He told police, 'You'll never take me alive!' and they took him at his word. But 140 years later there is one last shocking revelation still to come...

Mixing archival research, folklore and the power of imagination, Nick Bleszynsk brings Ben Hall out of the shadow of Ned Kelly and in vivid detail re-creates the life and struggles of the landowner who became an Australian bushranging legend. (back cover)