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Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Isles of Salute
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Narrative of a haggard French convict's attempt to escape from this 'Botany Bay' of France in 1866; his reluctant return to imprisonment by the captain of the US steamship he swam to, and his execution the following morning. (PB)

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