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The Blind Man of Admiralty Island single work   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1908... 1908 The Blind Man of Admiralty Island
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A ship's captain is struck blind by lightning during a shipwreck. He and his wife and young daughter live as castaways on an uninhabited island until rescued by a passing ship.

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    y separately published work icon The Call of the South Louis Becke , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1908 Z325514 1908 single work non-fiction autobiography A description of the narrator's wanderings around Australia and the South Pacific. Much of the material appears to be autobiographical and he also relates a number of tales that were told to him during his travels. London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1908 pg. 21 - 32
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    Pacific Region,
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