Dark Outlaw: The Story of Gunman Gardiner is a 1945 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about bushranger Frank Gardiner.[1][2]
In 1948 Clune said it was his best selling book, with over 80,000 copies sold.[3] He wrote this and Ben Hall, Bushranger as historical novels while researching his large non fiction book Wild Colonial Boys.[4][5]
Clune rewrote the material and published a new version in 1952 called Gunman Gardiner.[6][7]
Clune then wrote a proper biography of Gardiner called King of the Road which was published in 1967.
References edit
- ^ "Exciting New Novel By Frank Clune". Daily Mirror. No. 1200. New South Wales, Australia. 29 March 1945. p. 9 (Country Edition). Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advocate Magazine". Advocate. Vol. LXXXI, no. 4823. Victoria, Australia. 8 January 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AUTHOR FRANK CLUNE IN ADELAIDE". News. Vol. 50, no. 7, 767. South Australia. 26 June 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "New Rooks Reviewed --". The Heral]. No. 22, 338. Victoria, Australia. 24 December 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Back in the days of bushrangers". News. Vol. 52, no. 7, 928. South Australia. 1 January 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BOOK REVIEWS BY H. N. HUFFADINE". News. Vol. 58, no. 8, 894. South Australia. 9 February 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Books In Brief". The West Australian. Vol. 68, no. 20, 449. Western Australia. 2 February 1952. p. 17. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
External links edit
- Dark Outlaw at AustLit