Breaker Morant: A Horseman who Made History : with a Selection of His Bush Ballads
- ISBN-10
- 0725405376
- ISBN-13
- 9780725405373
- Series
- Breaker Morant
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1962
- Publisher
- Ure Smith
- Author
- Frederic Morley Cutlack
Description
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 Kitcherner, 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.
