Captain Bully Hayes is a 1970 Australian book by Frank Clune about Bully Hayes. It has been called "Perhaps the most reliable account of the life of Bully Hayes."[1][2][3]
| Author | Frank Clune |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Bully Hayes |
| Genre | biography |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Clune had written about Hayes in an episode of his 1938 radio series Scallywags of the Pacific.[4] He also wrote about him in his 1938 book Free and Easy Land.[5]
Clune worked on the book in 1969. "The trouble is to separate fact and fiction," he said.[6]
Reception
editPacific Island Monthly said "It’s a very readable and useful compilation, and it does put the story of Hayes into clearer and truer focus than anything hitherto published... As put together by Clune, from a mass of often contradictory material, this history of Bully Hayes is readable, lively and colourful."[7]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "lively reading, full of action."[8]
References
edit- ^ Miller, Simon (September 12, 2013). "Bully Hayes - Pacific pirate: truth or fiction?". State Library of Queensland.
- ^ "Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12, 759. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 November 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "books The book season", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 28 November 1970, nla.obj-1462014745, retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "BLACKGUARD "BULLY" HAYES". Macleay Argus. No. 6858. New South Wales, Australia. 18 November 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""FREE AND EASY LAND"". The Newcastle Sun. No. 6542. New South Wales, Australia. 3 December 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HIS 65TH AT 75". Now. No. 23. New South Wales, Australia. 10 September 1969. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Book Reviews Just how much bully was there in Hayes?", Pacific Islands Monthly, [Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1 January 1971, nla.obj-337395266, retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Rviews in brief". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 January 1971. p. 18.