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y separately published work icon David, the Shepherd King : A Book for the Bush single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1867... 1867 David, the Shepherd King : A Book for the Bush
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Fictitious account of the life of King David, based on the Bible, with original poems.

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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: F. F. Bailliere , 1867 .
      Extent: 245p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To the squatters of Australia, this work, describing the life and character of the greatest personage of their order (among whom may be reckoned Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Jethro, Moses, and Job, and in later times the celebrated Mahomet, who, before he was a camel-driver, tended sheep on wages less than a farthing a day,) is respectfully inscribed by the author.
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Untitled 1867 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 27 April 1867; (p. 25)
— Review of David, the Shepherd King : A Book for the Bush 'Hippocampus' , 1867 single work novel
Untitled 1867 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 27 April 1867; (p. 25)
— Review of David, the Shepherd King : A Book for the Bush 'Hippocampus' , 1867 single work novel
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