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Identity: Larry Cummins, Bushranger

  • ISBN-13: 9781923105072
  • Publisher: HAWKEYE BOOKS
    Imprint: HAWKEYE BOOKS
  • By Peter Long
  • Price: AUD $29.95
  • Stock: 17 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 12/11/2023
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 227 pages Weight: 450g
  • Categories: Historical fiction [FV]
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It's 1850 and New South Wales, Australia is awash with gold. Bushrangers are in the press, their names on everyone's lips: Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, John Peisley, Dan Morgan, Captain Thunderbolt. They roam free, uninhibited, spending big in the shanties. The girls love them, these wild boys. Teenager, Larry Cummins, decides to throw his hand in with them. He'll think about consequences later. Bail the coach. Grab the bank's cash. Scarper. Take the bullets, the whips, societal stings. If you weaken you die... A tale of adventure, love, tragedy and redemption, touchingly told by Larry Cummins' great-grandson, multi-award-winning author, Peter Long. Identity: Larry Cummins, Bushranger, is literary historical fiction inspired by a real story.
Peter Long has worked as a stockman, public servant, consultant, researcher and academic. His first novel was Steve Hart: The Last Kelly Standing (Hawkeye 2022). Peter studied in Canada and holds degrees from University of Queensland and University of Toronto. His poetry has been highly commended in the McGregor Literary Competition and a long poem published in Paper Children. He has been long-listed and published in both The Stringybark and Sydney Hammond short story competitions and his collection of short stories long- listed in the 2020 Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize.
* Book includes book club reflections. * Set in rural Australia. * Teacher notes available. Publicity: * Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39thh8DzwA * Hawkeye: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Enews. * Advertising budget for socials. * Guest appearances.
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