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Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 Outlaw's Luck
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'The scene opens in the Argentine of a few years back, when each man was more or less a law unto himself. Here "Kid" Prevost, horse thief and gambler, whose guileless appearance conveys to the world quite an erroneous idea of his character, passes himself off as a "tender-foot" at an English estancia, and carries away its horses. He also carries away Katherine, the sister of the owner, in order to conceal his tracks. After various vicissitudes, in which the "Kid" impresses his charm alike up on the reader and upon Katherine, the latter passes out of his life, though not before her influence with that of his brother turns him towards the paths of virtue. He goes to Texas, where he becomes a blameless ranch owner, but the past still pursues him, and an unfortunate incident, in which a bowie knife plays a lethal part, makes him fly the country. In the end he suddenly falls in love, and marries a New York society girl, but even here happiness is denied him, for a postscript tells us how wife and child died, and "left 'Kid' quite grown up at last and broken."'

Source:

'An Australian's Novel', Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 1913, p.4.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Mills and Boon ,
      1913 .
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      Extent: [vi], 332p.p.

Works about this Work

The Bookaneer 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 July vol. 13 no. 75 1913; (p. xxxvi)

— Review of Outlaw's Luck Dorothea Mackellar , 1913 single work novel
The Women Writers of Australia 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 September vol. 34 no. 1752 1913; (p. 2)

— Review of Outlaw's Luck Dorothea Mackellar , 1913 single work novel
The Women Writers of Australia 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 September vol. 34 no. 1752 1913; (p. 2)

— Review of Outlaw's Luck Dorothea Mackellar , 1913 single work novel
The Bookaneer 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 July vol. 13 no. 75 1913; (p. xxxvi)

— Review of Outlaw's Luck Dorothea Mackellar , 1913 single work novel
Last amended 20 Jun 2016 14:30:12
Subjects:
  • c
    Argentina,
    c
    South America, Americas,
Settings:
  • New York (City), New York (State),
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
  • c
    Argentina,
    c
    South America, Americas,
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