{"product_id":"the-ghost-and-the-bounty-hunter","title":"The Ghost And The Bounty Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Buckley, John Batman And The Theft Of Kulin Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier near death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBelieving he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for thirty-two years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe's language, skills and methods to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe outside world finally caught up with Buckley in 1835, after John Batman, a bounty hunter from Van Diemen's Land, arrived in the area, seeking to acquire and control the perfect pastureland around the bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happened next saw the Wadawurrung betrayed and Buckley eventually broken. The theft of Kulin country would end in the birth of a city. The frontier wars had begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was, The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter is a fascinating and poignant true story from Australian colonial history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adam Courtenay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42213775376553,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/ghost_eff9aef4-5e93-4c77-b2bd-4fe002fddcae.jpg?v=1652579610","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-ghost-and-the-bounty-hunter","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}