“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King
“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King

“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger by J. A. King

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“Mad Dan” Morgan Bushranger

by J. A. King

Phillip Mathews, 1976, [First Edition], ISBN 0908001002, black and white illustrations throughout, illustrated frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, dustjacket contacted to cover, previous owners inscription on front endpaper (see photographs)

“’Mad Dan’ Morgan was a bushranger in a savage period of Australia’s history.  Colonial society punished him cruelly with all the severity of the times, created a monster, and finally exacted a barbaric revenge.  Morgan’s life was a curdled mixture of terrible melodrama and bewildering futility.  But the ‘monster’ was a man and J. A. King’s brilliant drawings, carefully researched, evoke strong feelings for both the man and his times.  It is a broad canvas, sometimes satirical, sometimes pathetic and sometimes gut-crushing in almost Gothic intensity.”