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y separately published work icon All the Rivers Run selected work   novel   historical fiction  
  • Author:agent Nancy Cato http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/cato-nancy
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 All the Rivers Run
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Contents

* Contents derived from the New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:St. Martin's Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
All the Rivers Run, Nancy Cato , single work novel historical fiction

'Philadelphia Gordon is an artist, a riverboat skipper and a beautiful, independent woman.

'Orphaned by a shipwreck, Philadelphia grows up on the banks of her beloved Murray River in Australia with her kindly uncle and strict aunt, seemingly destined for a conventional life. But then tragedy changes everything, and leads her to a successful career as a painter, and then to a meeting with the dashing captain of the paddle-steamer which bears her name.' 

Source: Publisher's blurb (Hachette edition)

 (p. 1-133)
Time, Flow Softly : A Novel of the River Murray, Nancy Cato , single work novel historical fiction

'Whilst living in Echuca, Philadelphia Gordon has developed a strong attachment to the river, and a fascination for paddle steamers. When she becomes owner of a paddle steamer she wishes that she had been born a male and not bound by the conventions society imposes upon females.When Delie meets a young handsome riverman, Brenton Edwards, she falls hopelessly in love with him. However, the future is not the idyll she had foreseen. She is dogged by tragedy and her mind becomes plagued by many questions. Will she ever escape the treadmill of motherhood? Is she doomed to forever be subordinate to a philandering, reckless husband?'

Source: Amazon abstract.

 (p. 135-343)
But Still the Stream : A Novel of the Murray River, Nancy Cato , single work novel historical fiction (p. 345-534)
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