The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Times House
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1986
Edition: Reprint

Description: 178 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The classic by Booker Prize-winner Thomas Keneally When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman, the backlash from both Jimmies tribe and white society initiates a series of dramatic events. As Jimmie tries to survive between two cultures, tensions reach a head when the Newbys, Jimmies white employers, try to break up his marriage. the Newby women are murdered and Jimmie flees, pursued by police and vigilantes. the hunt intensifies as further murders are committed, and concludes with tragic results. thomas Keneallys fictionalised account of the 1900 killing spree of half-Aboriginal Jimmy Governor is a powerful story of a black mans revenge against an unjust and intolerant society.

ISBN: 0858359847