By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore and Other Stories

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Louis Becke

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George Lewis Becke (1855 -1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. As a child Becke twice ran away and when he turned 16 he was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. At age 18 Becke met William "Bully" Hayes who later became a central character in Becke's writings. When shipwrecked in 1874 Becke was arrested as a pirate and was later acquitted. This collection contains By rock and pool, Solepa, The fisher folk of Nukufetau, Mrs. MacLaggan's billy, An island memory, A hundred fathoms deep, On a tidal river, Denison gets another ship, Jack Shark's pilot, The "Palu" of the equatorial Pacific, The wily "Goanner", The ta nifa of Samoa, On board the Tucopia, and The man in the buffalo hide

Release date NZ

April 22nd, 2010

Author

Louis Becke

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

170

Dimensions

191x235x9

ISBN-13

9781438594217

Product ID

6771860

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