{"product_id":"hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922806406","title":"Hanging Ned Kelly","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen it came time to hang Ned Kelly, the job fell to crap-carrier-turned-quack-doctor-turned-drunken-chicken-thief Elijah Upjohn. Such is life indeed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanging Ned Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the life and times, crimes and demise of Australia's most famous anti-hero from a new perspective: that of the 'rogue and vagabond' who finally put the noose around his neck. Here, Elijah Upjohn's tale becomes the rusty scalpel that slices open the underbelly of colonial Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Michael Adams, creator of the acclaimed podcast \u003ci\u003eForgotten Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, this is an odyssey into an infernal underworld seething with serial killers, clueless cops, larrikin vigilantes, renegade reporters, racist settlers, furious fallen women and cunning waxworks showmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLooming over them all: the deranged hangmen paid to execute convicted men and women - some of them innocent or unfairly condemned - in Melbourne before it was marvellous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849229979884,"sku":"9781922806406","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16475183482872.jpg?v=1759029074","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922806406","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}