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With new stories, expanded character profiles and 108 new images (290 in total) this edition is bursting with history.-

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John Vane rode with the Ben Hall gang during 1863 which coincided with some of their most audacious activities. Vane was the only member of the gang of 1863 to survive. Following the death of his best mate in a gun battle near Rockley, Vane left the gang and surrendered to a Priest near Carcoar. The remaining members all died a violent death by the bullet; either by police or private citizen. -

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Three of the bushranger's sons married in Wellington. William John Vane married Grace Cavanagh, Arthur Vane married Margaret Magee and Archibald Vane married Margaret French. Archibald lived at Bodangora and when he died in 1966, his brother Walter was the informant. At the time Walter was living in Pierce Street, Wellington and when he died in 1973 we was buried in the Wellington cemetery.-

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John Vane, biography of a bushranger - 2nd edition is littered with previously unpublished facts, maps and photographs (209), while at the same time dispelling some myths and substantiating others. The John Vane story is one of adventure, loyalty, betrayal, isolation, triumph, tragedy, remorse...and a little romance.-

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An extract from a review by Inside History magazine: "Using painstaking research into people, place and interconnections, along with dozens of photographs, Bratby creates a real sense of the man and his network: Vane's convict forebears, extended family, fellow bushrangers, victims and opponents alike all emerge as three-dimensional figures. It's a family history wrapped into a community history of New South Wales' Western districts."-

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Find out more by visiting www.johnvane.net or calling Craig on 0437 976 021.