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Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Captain Bill
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It is a fast-moving and exciting story of "rum running" at the time of prohition in the United States, written by a man who is clearly conversant with the seas and of the ways of rum runners in eluding Customs men, both at sea and on land.

The story moves rapidly from the United States to Europe and back, and there is an unusual love interest, for the girl who acts as informer, both against her father's investments in this trade and against "Captain Bill," has more affection for Bill than she cares to admit.

– The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1938, p4

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First known date: 1938
Serialised by: The Sydney Morning Herald 1842 newspaper (10239 issues)
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Serialised in The Sydney Morning Herald, in 58 daily instalments, between 14 September and 19 November 1938.
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