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Middleton's Peter single work short story

Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry

Issue Details: First known date: 1900... 1900 Middleton's Peter

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Joe Middleton's wife, Maggie, gives birth with the assistance of Mother Palmer, but is in need of a doctor, specifically the unregistered and alcoholic Doc. Wild. Joe's brother, Dave, rides fifteen miles to fetch him, but Doc. Wild is drunk in Black's shanty and will not come. It takes Old Peter, also known as Middleton's Peter, to persuade him.

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y On the Track Henry Lawson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1900 Z825714 1900 selected work short story Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1900
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1900
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pg. 45-56
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y While the Billy Boils : 87 Stories from the Prose Works of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Hawthorn : Lloyd O'Neil , 1970 Z1215630 1970 selected work short story Abstract Includes stories from Lawson's main collections - While the Billy Boils, On the Track and Over the Sliprails. Hawthorn : Lloyd O'Neil , 1970
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1970
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pg. 228 - 235 Section: On the Track
Note: In three parts: I 'The First Born'; II 'The Only Hope'; III 'Doc. Wild'
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y The World of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Walter Stone (editor), Dee Why West : Hamlyn , 1974 Z385949 1974 selected work poetry short story humour satire Dee Why West : Hamlyn , 1974
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1974
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pg. 150-155
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y Prose Works of Henry Lawson Collected Short Stories of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Sydney : Home Entertainment Library , 1935 Z389778 1935 selected work short story Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982
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1982
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pg. 187-193
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y A Camp-Fire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 Henry Lawson , Leonard Cronin (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 Z378657 1984 selected work poetry short story autobiography prose criticism drama biography Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984
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1984
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pg. 466-470
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y Henry Lawson's Mates : The Complete Stories of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Windsor : Budget Books Lloyd O'Neil , 1979 Z487806 1979 selected work short story autobiography humour Ringwood : Viking O'Neil , 1987
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1987
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pg. 228-235

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