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1 y separately published work icon Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, Part 4: Quasimodo-Yeats Tracy Simmons Bitonti (editor), Penelope M. Hope (editor), Detroit : Thomson Gale , 2007 Z1481389 2007 reference
1 y separately published work icon South Asian Writers in English Fakrul Alam (editor), Detroit : Thomson Gale , 2006 Z1365151 2006 reference
2 y separately published work icon The Life, and Surprising Adventures, of Blue-Eyed Patty, the Valiant Female Soldier Wolverhampton : J. Hately , 1790-1800 5982291 1790 single work short story

A chapbook 'history' of the fictitious Patty Freelove, who falls in love with Charles, the son of a neighbouring farmer. Charles, accused of killing game, is forced into military service with the 'Botany Bay Rangers,' and Patty, heartbroken, disguises herself as a man and joins up too. After a narrow escape in Rio De Janeiro, when 'a Portugese Lady, of great beauty and fortune' falls in love with the disguised Patty and hires 'ruffians' to kill her when her advances are spurned, the ship eventually arrives at Port Jackson. There they are soon attacked by 'natives,' and Patty, who fights with 'surprising courage' is wounded in the breast, and her sex is discovered. Patty and Charles marry and are allowed to return to England. At the end of the prose narrative is a brief account of the state of the colony, said to be related by Patty and Charles on their return. This includes some factual details, mentioning Arthur Phillip's wounding (in September 1790), and the parlous state of provisions in the early colony.

The concluding 'New Song. Tune, The Hardy Tar,' recapitulates the events of the narrative in verse form.
1 y separately published work icon Cattleman's Pride Diana Palmer , Detroit : Thomson Gale , 2004 9910696 2004 single work novel romance

'He was strong seductive and set in his ways. She was shy unassuming and achingly innocent. Next-door neighbours Jordan Powell and Libby Collins were like oil and water. Yet when Jordan made it his personal crusade to help Libby hold on to her beloved homestead, everyone in Jacobsville knew it was just a matter of time before wedding bells chimed.

'But a cattleman's pride was a force to be reckoned with. Could Libby accomplish what no woman had before?' (Publication summary)
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