Captain Melville is a 1956 Australian book by Frank Clune about the bushrnager Captain Melville.[1] It was one of a series of influential boooks about bushrangers by Clune.[2]
The Bulletin said "It really is time these bushranging histories were done soberly, reliably,in acceptable prose and with a convincing presentation of character. But in the meantime Captain Melville for its information about a little-known bushranger and the dark deeds of the convict-system, cannot fail to be interesting."[3]
Walkabout said "in what purports to be a documentary treatment of the story, McCallum sometimes gets completely lost in the depths of Mr Clunes’s historical and opinionated padding. Indeed, his kinky personality becomes so blurred, at times, that, at one stage at least, he reappears almost as a misunderstood and mistreated victim of sadistic punishment."[4]
The Bristol Post thought the book made Melville "a very human and not unsympathetic figure."[5]
References edit
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 8 September 1956. p. 12. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Africa theme of Christmas books". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 1956. p. 2.
- ^ "The Red Page THE MUSICAL BUSHRANGER", The bulletin., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 19 Sep 1956, nla.obj-694447024, retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australian Geographical Society.; Australian National Publicity Association.; Australian National Travel Association. (1 January 1957), "BOOK REVIEWS", Walkabout., Melbourne: Australian National Travel Association, nla.obj-744994084, retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Transported". The Birmingham Post. 29 January 1957. p. 3.