Breaker Morant: A Horseman That Made History- with a Selection of His Bush Ballads (1962) By F. M. Cutlack
 
Australian horse-breaker and balladist Harry Morant was executed in South Africa in 1902 after service in the Boer War.
 
Breaker Morant shows that Morant's shooting of Boer prisoners was probably the result of a command inciting his patrol to vengeance. Lord Kitchener, who signed Morant's death warrant, was possibly appeasing the German Emperor since a German missionary also died ... but Morant had advised this missionary to defend himself from the dangerous Boers. Undoubtedly the brave Morant suffered questionable British justice. This book contains a selection of his ballads
 
Soft Cover
176 Pages
In Poor to Fair Condition