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Ronald Glomb (International) assertion Ronald Glomb i(A64691 works by)
Born: Established: 1957 ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Gefährliche Haie, Stürmische See : zwei spannende Abenteurromane in einem Band Colin Thiele , ( trans. Hans Ulrich Hirschfelder et. al.agent )expression Ravensburg : Ravensburger Buchverlag , 1994 Z943292 1994 selected work children's fiction children's
13 7 y separately published work icon Blue Fin Colin Thiele , ( trans. Hans Ulrich Hirschfelder et. al.agent with title Die letzte Fahrt der Blue Fin ) Ravensburg : Otto Maier , 1988 Z918946 1969 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Storm Boy ; Blue Fin 1982;

'Everyone in Port Lincoln thinks Snook Pascoe is a loser. People joke about his clumsiness; his teacher ridicules him and even his father, skipper of the tuna boat Blue Fin, is convinced that Snook will never amount to anything. After all, tuna fishing is a hard life for ‘real men’.

'When Snook is allowed, for once, to sail on Blue Fin he faces a terrifying disaster. A waterspout engulfs the ship, the deck is swept clean, the radio and rudder are wrecked, the engine is disabled, the crew is lost overboard and Snook’s father lies unconscious down below. Snook is on his own, far out to sea…' (Publication summary)
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