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Frank Nugan was a banker who had the power to make money disappear. His financial trickery lay behind the bottom-of-the-harbour scandal and the Nugan Hand Bank. Fred Krahe was the Frightener, an ex-detective who had the power to make people disappear. He was the killer cop. Donald Mackay was murdered to protect an enormous secret. In THE KILLER COP and the murder of Donald Mackay, historian Dr John Jiggens reveals that secret.
The story behind the murder that shocked a nation. The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder. Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - who, as the editor of the local newspaper, knew everyone and heard everything - The Griffith Wars reveals startling new evidence about one of Australia's most notorious unsolved murders. It also powerfully recounts the struggle for the soul of a country town still battling to shake off its criminal past.
This is definitive history of lumbering in Canada captures the vitality of the lumber camps and documents the evolution of a major industry.