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An Island Memory : English Bob single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1897... 1897 An Island Memory : English Bob
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Tom Denison tells a story of his days on Strong's Island after the wreck of 'Bully' Hayes's ship, the Leonora. Denison left Hayes's camp and was taken in by a local family. He relates the story of a fight between English Bob, and Englishman married to a local girl, and an American sailor, as told to him by English Bob's daughter.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Pacific Tales Louis Becke , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1897 Z328199 1897 selected work short story London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1897 pg. 3 - 16
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The North Queensland Register 9 June 1897 Z1126890 1897 newspaper issue 1897 pg. 27-28
    Note: Reprinted from the Daily News.
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