The Donnelly album: The complete and authentic account illustrated with photographs of Canada's famous feuding family Tapa blanda - 1977

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada. Very Good-. 1977. Softcover. 0770514405 . 311 pp. Illus. Index. Notes. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Heavy book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Macmillan of Canada, 1977-01-01. Paperback. Very Good/in illustrated wraps. Large Softcover, 1977 Macmillan of Canada 311 pages. Very Good, in illustrated wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear to covers. Last page and rear cover have a small closed tear that has been repaired with archival tape. Four digit number at top of FFEP. The story of Canada's infamous feuding family is told here. A treasure trove of photographs, drawings, maps and documents that help tell the tale. ISBN-0770514405. LOC SSM-07

A tight and unmarked copy-" Softcover. A lot of people in Canada know at least one version of the brutal slaying of 5 members of the Donnelly family on the night of February 3, 1880. The author tells in compelling detail, the story of the Donnelly's - James and Johannah and their 7 sons and 1 daughter. Arriving in Canada from Tipperary, Ireland, in the 1840s the family settled in the boisterous Irish pioneer community in Biddulph Township near London, Ontario. For the next 30yrs, their activities gained wide notoriety in the surrounding district. The father was once convicted of murder but escaped the gallows. The sons grew up to be handsome, reckless, enterprising in business, and dangerous in combat. Largely because of their presence, Lucan, the village nearest their farm home, became known as "the wildest town in Canada". What is it about the Donnellys that has fascinated so many people for so many years? Were they really as wicked as their enemies have portrayed them? Why was no one ever convicted… Leer más