Australian Heist. The Story Behind Australia's Largest Gold Heist
Phelps James
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: Reprint
Description: 350 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Australias Number 1 True Crime Writer on Australias Greatest Gold Robbery.On 15 June 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes, NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million today. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history. In this riveting re-creation of the events, James Phelps finally tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John OMeally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery - and what happened to all that gold. Australian Heist is a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the most extraordinary episodes in the nations history, by Australias number-one true-crime writer.
ISBN: 9781460758045
(217636)