Dark Outlaw
1945 novel by Frank Clune
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Dark Outlaw: The Story of Gunman Gardiner is a 1945 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about bushranger Frank Gardiner.[1][2]
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| Author | Frank Clune |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Frank Gardiner |
| Genre | historical novel |
| Set in | colonial New South Wales |
| Published | Sydney |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
Publication date | 1945 |
| Publication place | Australia |
In 1948, Clune stated it was his best-selling book, with over 80,000 copies sold.[3] He wrote this and Ben Hall, Bushranger as historical novels while researching his large non fiction book Wild Colonial Boys.[4][5]
Clune rewrote the material and published a new version in 1952 called Gunman Gardiner.[6][7]
He later wrote a proper biography of Gardiner called King of the Road, which was published in 1967.