The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island Tapa blanda - 2009

Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. preface by author and acknowledgements. At the beginning of the text is a map of Queensland showing locale. Plain paper back binding with black and silver coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. On the tropical isle of Palm Island, Mulrunji man, Cameron Dommadgee, died in custody under the watch of Senior Sargeant Chris Hurley. Senior Sargeant Chris Hurley stood trial on the death of Cameron Dommadgee – but was acquitted. The author looks at this controversial case of Aboriginal deaths in custody. Minor creasing of the book corners with the front panel edge started to curl. Tanning of the text block edges and pages. Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. 277, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australia; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0143010662.… Leer más

Penguin Books, Australia, 2009. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country. The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the story of that policeman, the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hurley who chose to work in some of the toughest and wildest places in Australia, and of the struggle to bring him to trial. Above all, it is a story in luminous detail of two worlds clashing – and a haunting moral puzzle that no reader will forget. 278 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Australian::Australian History; History; ISBN/EAN: 9780143010661. Inventory No: 267506.. 9780143010661

Penguin Books Australia, Australia, 2009. Early Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Minor creasing on cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 288 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Home : Nonfiction : Crime : General; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0143010662. ISBN/EAN: 9780143010661. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB17207. . 9780143010661