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Biography & Autobiography Criminals & Outlaws

The Black Donnellys

The Outrageous Tale of Canada's Deadliest Feud

by (author) Nate Hendley

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Dec 2011
Category
Criminals & Outlaws, General, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552777916
    Publish Date
    Dec 2011
    List Price
    $7.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552774946
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551539430
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459407053
    Publish Date
    Oct 2014
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

"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 was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1966 but grew up in Waterloo, ON. From 1985 – 1989, he attended Trent University in Peterborough, ON, and graduated with an Honours BA in Cultural Studies.In 1991 he returned to school to study journalism at Conestoga College in Kitchener, ON. Shortly thereafter, he began freelancing. Since the early 1990s, Nate has written hundreds of news articles, features, profiles, investigative pieces, advertorials, corporate stories and public relations items.His writing credits include The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Marketing Magazine, eye weekly, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Journal, etc. He is particularly adept at writing about political, social and cultural issues, automotive, high-tech and business topics and health-related concerns. In addition to his work as a journalist, he is a published author, formerly with Altitude Publishing, and now with Five Rivers.Nate is the Ontario Regional Director of the Professional Writers Association of Canada. PWAC is a national organization that represents the interests of freelance writers.

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