Blood Of The Donnellys
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Author |
: Keith Ross Leckie |
Publisher |
: Douglas & McIntyre |
Total Pages |
: 446 |
Release |
: 2019-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781771622400 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1771622407 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys by : Keith Ross Leckie
In the midst of the feuds and famine of Tipperary, Ireland in 1845, Jim Donnelly and Johannah McGee fall passionately in love. She is the beautiful daughter of an affluent estate manager, he the rebellious son of dispossessed peasants. With her father’s men in pursuit and a sizable price on Jim’s head, they board a ship set for Canada to start a new life and put the troubles of the old country behind them. Thousands of miles away in rural Ontario, they find the feuds and vendettas of Ireland are very much alive. Jim must make a place for his young family not just with his back, but with his fists. Fifteen years later, the Donnelly family have become one of the most powerful in Lucan Township, loved by some and hated by others. Jim and Johannah’s sons are notorious as both fighters and lovers and torment the townspeople, swinging shillelaghs, burning barns and seducing daughters. But certain citizens of Lucan have had enough. At midnight on February 3, 1880, a mob of thirty armed men in women’s clothing and carnival masks ride out for the Donnelly farm. Sustained by whisky and the blessings of the local priest, their goal is to wipe the Donnelly family from the face of the earth. Yet there is an eye witness and during the trial that follows, it becomes clear that in small town Ontario of the late 1800s, order is valued above truth. Eventful and conveyed with cinematic detail, Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys is an engaging and historically enlightening read.
Author |
: David McRae |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 146 |
Release |
: 2007-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781770702882 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1770702881 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood of the Donnellys by : David McRae
Jason Stevens is an angry 15-year-old when his parents decide to move from Toronto to Lucan, Ontario, site of the notorious 1880 massacre of the Irish-Canadian Donnelly family. In the big city, Jason’s spate of petty thievery earned him a sentence of community service under the tutelege of his grandfather, an eccentric retired school teacher, who is building a museum devoted to the history of Lucan. Now even unhappier than he was in Toronto, Jason falls in with a gang of youth called the White Boys, who are involved with the local drug trade and who are terrorizing the neighbourhood, much as the Donnellys were once accused of doing. While performing his community service, Jason finds himself becoming enthralled with the Donnelly story. With the help of a ghost of someone who may have had something to do with the butchery of the Donnellys, Jason searches for answers both in history and in his own life.
Author |
: Keith Ross Leckie |
Publisher |
: Douglas & McIntyre |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2019-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1771622393 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781771622394 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cursed! Blood of the Donnellys: A Novel Based on a True Story by : Keith Ross Leckie
Based on the true story of the Donnellys of Lucan Township, this epic novel is the iconic tale of the Old World and its sins visited upon the new.
Author |
: Hendley, Nate |
Publisher |
: James Lorimer & Company |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2018-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781459413399 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1459413393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Donnellys by : Hendley, Nate
The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized beginning with the first book on the story by Thomas Kelley in 1954. A thick layer of rumour, legend and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. But one thing is clear — the murderous events that occurred near the town of Lucan, Ontario, in the 1870s are unforgettable. This new edition of Black Donnellys by Nate Hendley has been updated to include numerous black and white and colour photos pertaining to the Donnelly family. This book was the subject of a leading case in Canada's Federal Court on whether anyone can claim copyright on historical facts. The court's decision in 2021 was definitive -- no one owns history, and no one owns the facts -- and was not appealed. This book offers a short account of Canada's most notorious 19th century case of vigilante action leading to murder. The killers were by men from a community harassed by a no-holds-barred criminal family. They went to their graves protected by a conspiracy of silence among those in the know. The story has been told and retold in books, songs, plays and a movie -- and in this readable and engaging account by author Nate Hendley.
Author |
: James Reaney |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 443 |
Release |
: 2008-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781550028324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1550028324 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Donnellys by : James Reaney
Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.-Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.
Author |
: Glenn Stott |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2023 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1927591341 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781927591345 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blood on the Snow by : Glenn Stott
Author |
: Thomas P. Kelley |
Publisher |
: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1895565243 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781895565249 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Black Donnellys by : Thomas P. Kelley
The terrible Donnelly feud, by far the most notorious and violent in the history of Canada, began in the spring of 1847 only a few hours after James Donnelly, an Irish immigrant, first arrived in the town of Lucan, Ontario. The feud lasted nearly 33 years and was marked by murders, gang wars, highway robbery, mass arson, derailed trains, mutilations, and barbarisms paralleling the Dark Ages.
Author |
: Orlo Miller |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2010-03-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780470675199 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0470675195 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Donnellys Must Die by : Orlo Miller
From the annals of Canadian true crime, the story of The Black Donnellys massacre Ancient feuds, bloody conspiracy, gruesome murder, and bitter controversy--all shrouded in a seemingly impenetrable cloak of mystery. This is the tale of "The Black Donnellys"--a notorious family of Irish settlers who were viciously attacked while they slept in their Lucan, Ontario farmhouse on February 4, 1880. Here, in this definitive account of this sordid episode in Canadian history, first published in 1962 and continuously in print since then, author Orlo Miller sets out to separate fact from fiction, and legend from reality, to bring us the truth behind the Donnelly murders. Combining exhaustive research based on contemporary newspaper accounts, court records and personal diaries, with personal insights and dramatic re-creations, Miller's chilling revelations shed new light on this infamous case in the annals of Canadian crime. You will be taken on a journey of terrible bloodlust, unbending loyalties, and fatal revenge in the re-telling of an event whose infamy still lives in popular culture today.
Author |
: James Reaney |
Publisher |
: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 1983 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0888781172 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780888781178 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Donnellys by : James Reaney
Based on a true story, these three plays explore the saga of a secret society and massacre that stunned the Canadian public in 1880.
Author |
: Gordon Young |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2021-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520377547 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520377540 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Teardown by : Gordon Young
"After living in San Francisco for fifteen years, journalist Gordon Young found himself yearning for his Rust Belt hometown: Flint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and the “star” of the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me. Hoping to rediscover and help a place that had once boasted one of the world’s highest per capita income levels but had become one of the country's most impoverished and dangerous cities, he returned to Flint with the intention of buying a house. What he found was a place of stark contrasts and dramatic stories, where an exotic dancer could afford a lavish mansion, speculators scooped up cheap houses by the dozen on eBay, and arson was often the quickest route to neighborhood beautification. He also uncovered the misguided policies, flawed leadership, and unforgiving economic trends that lead to disasters like the Flint water crisis. Updated with a new preface, Young skillfully blends personal memoir, historical inquiry, and interviews with Flint residents, constructing a vibrant tale of a once-thriving city still fighting - despite overwhelming odds - to rise from the ashes. Hard-hitting, insightful, and often painfully funny, Teardown reminds us that cities are ultimately defined by the people who live there."--Back cover.