Only killers and thieves / Paul Howarth
- Bib ID:
- 8035807
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Howarth, Paul, 1978-, author
- Description:
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- London : ONE, an imprint of Pushkin Press, 2018
- ©2018
- 400 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781911590064 (paperback)
- 1911590065 (paperback)
- 9781911590033 (hardback)
- Summary:
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It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Queensland Native Police Force -- Fiction
- Brothers -- Fiction
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History -- Fiction
- Vigilantes -- Fiction
- Revenge -- Fiction
- Life change events -- Fiction
- Guilt -- Fiction
- Queensland -- History -- 1824-1900 -- Fiction
- Australia -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Only killers & thieves
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2018
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