The Donnellys Must Die. First edition.
Miller, Orlo, [1911-1993]. The Donnellys Must Die. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1962. First edition. 244 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt stamped spine. Illustrated endpapers. Near fine. Bookseller's tickets "Wildy & Sons/ London" and "Clifford Elmer Books" to front pastedown. Internally clean. $50. * This book explores the notorious 1880 massacre of an Irish family in Lucan, Ontario. Using contemporary newspaper accounts, court records and personal diaries, the author traces the origins of the violence back to a religious-political feud from County Tipperary, Ireland, which followed Irish immigrants. It then details the actions of a "Peace Society" or vigilance committee that carried out the massacre and the subsequent trials where no one was convicted despite eyewitness testimony.
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