The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840–1880

The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840–1880

by John Little
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/11/2021

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A violent family living in violent times.


In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland to the British province of Canada. Almost immediately problems develop as the patriarch of the family is sent to the Kingston Penitentiary for manslaughter, leaving his wife to raise their eight children on her own.


The children are raised in an incredibly violent community and cultivate a devoted loyalty to their mother and siblings, which often leads to problems with the law and those outside of the family.


The tensions between the family and their community escalate as the family’s enemies begin to multiply. The brothers go into business running a stagecoach line and repay all acts of violence perpetrated against them, which only worsens the situation.


Refusing to take a backwards step, the Donnellys stand alone against a growing power base that includes wealthy business interests in the town of Lucan, the local diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, law authorities and a number of their neighbours.

ISBN:
9781773058450
9781773058450
Category:
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-11-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
ECW Press
John Little

A former judge for the UFC and a practicing martial artist, John Little is the bestselling author of Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body, Who Killed Tom Thomson?, and the two-volume series The Donnellys. His work on Bruce Lee has been lauded internationally. He lives in Bracebridge, Ontario.

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