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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers.
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Robert Macklin combines meticulous research with a brilliant imagination to recreate Gardiner's world in Australia and the land of his exile, the United States. Although fictional, this rollicking read provides a unique insight into young Australia at a time when colonial oppression sparked rage in the underdog and among the rebels of the bush. It is also a celebration of Frank Gardiner himself, the quintessential romantic embodiment of the Australian version of the Highwayman. (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • A biographical novel.
  • Dedication: For Peter Thompson, a mate indeed.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2005 .
      Extent: xxii, 304pp.
      Description: illus., maps
      ISBN: 1741142911

Works about this Work

Capturing Fire in the Blood on Film 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 April 2006; (p. 9)
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 23)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Secret Life of Bushrangers Rosemary Sorensen , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 January 2006; (p. 4)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Biography Dianne Dempsey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23-24 December 2005; (p. 24)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Ripping Yarn of a Literate Larrikin Peter Corris , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2005; (p. 10)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Writers Nurture the Bushrangers' Tales Mark Thomas , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 December 2005; (p. 12)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel ; You'll Never Take Me Alive : The Life and Death of Bushranger Ben Hall Nick Bleszynski , 2005 single work novel
Ripping Yarn of a Literate Larrikin Peter Corris , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2005; (p. 10)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Biography Dianne Dempsey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23-24 December 2005; (p. 24)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Secret Life of Bushrangers Rosemary Sorensen , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 January 2006; (p. 4)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
In Short : Non-Fiction Bruce Elder , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 23)

— Review of Fire in the Blood : The Epic Tale of Frank Gardiner and Australia's Other Bushrangers. Robert Macklin , 2005 single work novel
Capturing Fire in the Blood on Film 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 April 2006; (p. 9)
Last amended 12 Apr 2006 11:39:20
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • 1850-1880
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