John W.

BREAK THE FAKE, FACT CHECK YOUR WORK Nate Hendley made a warranty to his publisher that this book is factually true. However, I am going to expose much of the MISINFORMATION published in his false, nonfiction biography of the Donnelly family massacre... lifeofkelley@gmail.com P 88-89 The visit to Grandma Bell for a fortune telling in the fall of 1879 is a complete fiction. P 86-87 Sam Everett resigning as constable is a complete fiction. P 87 Tom Donnelly's beating up of Patrick Flannigan is a complete fiction. P 86 The horse whipping of William Casey, hamstringing his horses and burning down his barn is a complete fiction. P 74 A barn belonging to a farmer named Blake that was burnt to the ground is a complete fiction. P 26 Stating that Farrell died two days after the fatal blow is a fiction.  P 37-38-39 The greeting of Jim Donnelly Sr. on his return from the Kingston Penitentiary is a complete fiction. P 83 The ransacking of the interior of the Donnelly home by a mob searching for Thompson's cow is a complete fiction. P 74-74 Constable Everett shooting Robert Donnelly hiding behind a wood pile is a complete fiction. P 68 William Donnelly lifting the pistol from constable Bawden's holster is a complete fiction. P 105-107 The wedding taking place on the second floor of Fitzhenry's hotel and the constables bounding down the stairs is a complete fiction. P 58-59 Flanagan shooting his mutilated horses is a complete fiction. P 57 Purtell's participation in the fictional incident of Flanagan's mutilated horses is a complete fiction. P 35-36 The burning down of Robert McClean's barn, the poisoning of his cattle and the throats of three of his horses cut is a complete fiction. P 22 The poisoning of three of Farrell's cows and the burning down of his barn are fiction. P 19 Jim Donnelly Sr. directing his young boys to watch him fight Farrell at the Donnelly homestead is a complete fiction. P 11 Johannah handing Jim Donnelly a shillelagh during a gang fight is a complete fiction. P10-11 The location and circumstances in which Jim Donnelly met his future wife Johannah is a complete fiction. P 69 The manner William Donnelly was taken into custody is a complete fiction. P 68 The Donnellys continuing the celebration after the rout of the constables is a complete fiction. P 59-64 A pitched battle on a street in Lucan village between Flanagan and seventeen supporters on the one hand and Jim Donnelly and seven sons on the other is a complete fiction. P 37 Claiming that James Donnelly was 6 feet tall is a fiction.

Described as the catalyst to the Donnelly fascination, The Black Donnellys is the tale of the most vicious feud in southwestern Ontario history, which led to the barbaric murders of five members of the Donnelly family. Crime author Thomas P. Kelley's sensational interpretation of this true story raised the Donnellys from local folklore to a shocking piece of Canadiana. Originally published in 1954, this classic has stood the test of time - pulling in generation after generation of readers with its thrilling details about the tumultuous lives and tragic deaths of five members of the Donnelly family on one night in February 1880. This new edition of The Black Donnellys - which is introduced by Ray Fazakas, the foremost expert in Donnelly family history - is sure to captivate yet another generation of historical fiction lovers and crime novel aficionados.

TRUTHFULNESS IMPACTS THE CREDIBILITY OF AN AUTHOR—whether they can be believed or trusted. I haven't read the book yet, but why would non-fiction / true crime writer Nate Hendley, author of "The Beatle Bandit" and Lorimer Books, continue to publish the "Black Donnellys" as nonfiction when Federal Court Judge Justice McHaffie has concluded that it contains fiction?