Breaker Morant

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780733641312

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Breaker Morant by Peter FitzSimons Pdf

The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. The adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day. With his masterful command of story, Peter FitzSimons takes us to the harsh landscape of southern Africa and into the bloody action of war against an unpredictable force using modern commando tactics. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'the Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and finally we will know if the Breaker was a hero, a cad, a scapegoat or a criminal.

Author : George Witton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547727934

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Scapegoats of the Empire by George Witton Pdf

Scapegoats of the Empire is an autobiography by George Witton. Witton was a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa during the early 20th century. Excerpt: "Life in camp at Beira was almost a repetition of Langwarrin, being principally occupied in attending to and exercising the horses. On my arrival in camp I was instructed by Captain Dallimore to act as squadron-quartermaster-sergeant; my duties were to see that rations and forage were drawn daily and all camp equipment kept in order. Occasionally I went out on the veldt when exercising the horses; there appeared to be plenty of game about, and whenever a small buck rose up close to us there would be a hue-and-cry after it. Sometimes we would succeed in running it down in the long grass."

Author : Joe West,Roger Roper
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445659664

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Breaker Morant by Joe West,Roger Roper Pdf

Kitchener's scapegoat or a murderous war criminal? The truth about Breaker Morant revealed

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780733641312

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Breaker Morant by Peter FitzSimons Pdf

The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero? Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. But Morant was a complicated man. Born in England and immigrating to Queensland in 1883, he established a reputation as a rider, polo player and poet who submitted ballads to The Bulletin and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. Travelling on his wits and the goodwill of others, Morant was quick to act when appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa. He joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. The adventure would not go as Breaker planned. In October 1901 Lieutenant Harry Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day. With his masterful command of story, Peter FitzSimons takes us to the harsh landscape of southern Africa and into the bloody action of war against an unpredictable force using modern commando tactics. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'the Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and finally we will know if the Breaker was a hero, a cad, a scapegoat or a criminal.

Author : by Witton G. R
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781438792279

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Scapegoats of the Empire, The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers by by Witton G. R Pdf

Author : Nick Bleszynski
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742747330

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Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski Pdf

A fascinating insight into Breaker Morant and the question of morality and human life. The question of "The Breaker's" innocence is still being fiercely debated more than a century after Lieutenant Harry Morant and Lieutenant Peter Handcock were shot on a lonely veldt outside Pretoria at dawn on 27 February, 1902, by a British military firing squad. Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is a universal account of greed, ambition and the power of the political machine that crushes anyone who gets in the way. In much the same way that Bruce Beresford's award-winning feature film Breaker Morant captured the popular imagination, Shoot Straight, You Bastards! is an explosive read, as controversial an event today as it was 101 years ago. In every war there is a character like Morant - a rebellious spirit who ends up on the wrong side of the "great cause". This updated edition includes an appendix containing dramatic new evidence that Kitchener gave orders to "take no prisoners". Expert legal opinion supporting the Breaker's innocence and a strong campaign to secure a proper judicial review combine here in a story Australians have waited more than a century to read!

Author : Kenneth Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0726709972

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Breaker Morant by Kenneth Ross Pdf

'Don't make a mess of it.' Of such stuff are legends built, heroes made, and plays written. The popularity of Harry 'Breaker' Morant survives still, in this play written by Kenneth Ross. Here Ross, in theatrical terms, has created the last days of 'Breaker' Morant based on what is known of the characters involved, the circumstances leading up to the arrests, and a number of events known to have occurred at the time. Originally performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre on 2 February 1978. The script of the film Breaker Morant, produced by the S.A. Film Corporation was adapted from Kenneth Ross's play.

Author : George Witton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1846773350

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Bushveldt Carbineers by George Witton Pdf

A war without pity on the South African veldt George Witton was a member of the Bushveldt Carbineers-a mounted, highly mobile unit trained to hunt down its Boer counterparts of the Commandos during the Boer War at the turn of the 20th century. Theirs was no 'gentleman's war' which took account of for fair play and the rules of war-it was a 'kill or be killed' existence of ambushes, night attacks and summary executions in which neither side could claim non-participation. War became a personal business for Witton and his fellow Carbineers-Morant and Handcock-as brother officers were found murdered and brutalised and prisoners were caught bearing their personal effects. Matters came to a head with the infamous courts-marshal of some of the Bushveldt Carbineers and the execution of some and imprisonment of others in a scandal that rocked the British Empire and struck to the core of the relationship between the mother country and one of its most loyal colonies.

Author : Breaker Morant,Pro Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015004042084

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Pro Hart's Breaker Morant by Breaker Morant,Pro Hart Pdf

Author : Craig A. J. Stockings
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742230795

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Zombie Myths of Australian Military History by Craig A. J. Stockings Pdf

In this fascinating account, leading Australian military historians tackle 10 of the most enduring historical zombies, or national myths, that have staggered their way through the halls of military history for more than 200 years. From Aboriginal resistance and invasion to Australia’s recent involvement in East Timor, this record disproves the incorrectly memorialized and so-called gallant deeds of past Australian servicemen. Provocative and opinionated, this record attempts to correct the historical record.

Author : Grace Sevy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0806123907

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The American Experience in Vietnam by Grace Sevy Pdf

Essays discuss America's strategy during the Vietnam War, what it was like to fight there, the role of the press, the antiwar movement, and American guilt over the war

Author : Paul Bergman,Michael Asimow
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 0740754602

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Reel Justice by Paul Bergman,Michael Asimow Pdf

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Author : Jonathan Rayner
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826419089

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The Films of Peter Weir by Jonathan Rayner Pdf

This fully revised and updated edition of Jonathan Rayner's acclaimed study takes an in-depth look at the career of a filmmaker who has, over the course of 30 years, put together a substantial and much-loved body of work.

Author : Charles Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN : 0620520566

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The Legend of Breaker Morant is Dead and Buried by Charles Leach Pdf

Author : Robert J. Niemi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781610691987

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Inspired by True Events by Robert J. Niemi Pdf

An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter. When a film is described as "based on a true story" or "inspired by true events," exactly how "true" is it? Which "factual" elements of the story were distorted for dramatic purposes, and what was added or omitted? Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films, Second Edition concisely surveys a wide range of major films, docudramas, biopics, and documentaries based on real events, addressing subject areas including military history and war, political figures, sports, and art. This book provides an up-to-date and indispensable guide for all film history buffs, students and scholars of history, and fans of the cinema.