Out of the Mists

<p>Elizabeth Jessie Hickman portrayed in recent years as the infamous Lady Bushranger of the Wollemi Valleys of New South Wales had a very colourful life. Hers was a world of bush carnivals and buckjumping cattle duffing arrests and escapes gaolings reforms and more. Exposed here for the first time is a tale of deception surrounding a newborn infant relationships divorces love hate and heartbreak all mingling to create the complex life that was Jessie's. </p> <p>Her granddaughter Di Moore was sixty-seven when she learned the truth about her biological grandparents from an elderly country saddler. By the time he had finished talking Di's perception of her family's history was shaken-and her curiosity aroused. With the enthusiasm of a new family researcher on a mission she began to look into the life-changing revelation she heard that day. With no prior inkling of what her inquires might uncover she entered a world that had remained safely hidden in that well-stocked cupboard of disreputable skeletons. It is said that truth is stranger than fiction and Di's research has given her new appreciation for that aphorism. </p> <p><i>Out of the Mists</i> is by far the most accurate account of Elizabeth Jessie Hickman's unusual life compiled with respect and honour by her own granddaughter. This is Jessie's true story-warts and all. <p>