The Legend of Jessie Hickman
Jessie Hickman lived a life of adventure, action and danger. She joined a travelling bush circus at the age of eight, performing as a whip cracker, sharpshooter and a rough rider. When the circus closed, Jessie became an outlaw and a cattle rustler, famous for her daring escapes.
Greenwood’s lyrical, expressive language makes it ideal for reading aloud … with a vocabulary that evokes the historical setting while maintaining a joyful, uplifting tone.
In the collection
Samuel Thomas Gill, Lake Albert mounted police chasing bushrangers ... overland from Port Phillip to South Australia, c. 1840, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134366618
Samuel Thomas Gill, Lake Albert mounted police chasing bushrangers ... overland from Port Phillip to South Australia, c. 1840, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134366618
'Apprehensions.', New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, 16 May 1928, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252094757
'Apprehensions.', New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, 16 May 1928, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252094757
Bob Nicol & Australian News and Information Bureau, Professional trick rider on horse with lasso in Brisbane, Queensland, 1964, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137759575
Bob Nicol & Australian News and Information Bureau, Professional trick rider on horse with lasso in Brisbane, Queensland, 1964, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137759575
Eugene von Guérard, Weatherboard Fall, N.S.W, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-292558048
Eugene von Guérard, Weatherboard Fall, N.S.W, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-292558048
Wild Australia, 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137927836
Wild Australia, 1910, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137927836
Reviews
Books+Publishing, Linda Guthrie
- A beautifully crafted nonfiction picture book that tells the remarkable true story of the 20th century Australian circus performer turned bushranger.
Read more at The Legend of Jessie Hickman (Mark Greenwood, illus Frané Lessac, NLA) - Books+Publishing
About the author and illustrator
Mark Greenwood is an author with a passion for history. He enjoys imaginatively reconstructing stories that celebrate the characters and events that have played an important role in defining our past.
Frané Lessac is an author and illustrator of over 50 books in the UK, US and Australia. She has won numerous awards, including the Muriel Barwell Award for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature in 2010.
Mark and Frané frequently collaborate to produce wonderful stories, such as Simpson and His Donkey, Midnight – the Story of a Light Horse and the Our Country series. Their award-winning books tackling Australian bushranger legends include Ned Kelly and the Green Sash and The Legend of Moondyne Joe. Their latest collaboration is The Legend of Jessie Hickman.
More to explore
Mark Strizic, Searching for books at the State Library of Victoria, January 1967, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-140508667