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Richard Fotheringham suggests this work contained autobiographical content. In Search of Steele Rudd (pp. 152-153) states that 'Eric [Davis] had no doubt that this was a semi-autobiographical account of his father and himself in the dark years of 1921-1924'.
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The 'Me an' th' Son' stories appeared in the Brisbane Courier between 17 February 1923 and 10 December 1923. The Bookstall edition contains 24 chapters which are slightly re-ordered from their sequence in the Courier and include an additional 'story' i.e. Chapter 12 which is not known to have been previously published. The serialisation of stories which appears in the Brisbane Courier also includes an additional three stories are not included in the Bookstall edition.
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Queensland Authors and Artists' Association [Meeting Report]
1937
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— Appears in: All About Books , 13 September vol. 9 no. 9 1937; (p. 143-144) Report of the meeting of 21 July "devoted to an appreciation of the work of Steele Rudd". Also very brief notes on the meeting of 18 August where McKinney's Crucible was reviewed in his presence. -
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— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 November vol. 45 no. 2337 1924; (p. 3)
— Review of Me an' th' Son 1924 single work novel
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1924
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 November vol. 45 no. 2337 1924; (p. 3)
— Review of Me an' th' Son 1924 single work novel -
Queensland Authors and Artists' Association [Meeting Report]
1937
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 13 September vol. 9 no. 9 1937; (p. 143-144) Report of the meeting of 21 July "devoted to an appreciation of the work of Steele Rudd". Also very brief notes on the meeting of 18 August where McKinney's Crucible was reviewed in his presence.
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