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y separately published work icon Seven in the Half-Deck : An Account of The Wreck of the Barque John Murray single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 Seven in the Half-Deck : An Account of The Wreck of the Barque John Murray
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A true story based on the last voyage of the John Murray, the book describes the experiences of seven Australian boys beginning a career at sea and being stranded on a South Pacific coral island.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Longmans, Green ,       1949 .
      Extent: 183p.
      Description: illus.; maps
      Written as: John F. Moodie Heddle (An Apprentice on Board)
      Note/s:
      • Maps on endpapers.
      • Dedication: Partly because the John Murray was wrecked on the anniversary of her wedding day, but chiefly because she is an old sailing-ship hand herself, and was my shipmate on my first passage round Cape Horn when I was five years old, I lovingly dedicate this book to my Mother.
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