W. Clark Russell W. Clark Russell i(A105560 works by)
Also writes as: Sydney Mostyn ; Eliza Rhyl Davies ; W. C. Russell
Born: Established: 24 Feb 1844 Broadway, New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
; Died: Ceased: 8 Nov 1911 Bath, Somerset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1858-1866
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1 y separately published work icon His Island Princess W. Clark Russell , London : Methuen , 1905 Z1409565 1905 single work children's fiction children's 'Story for older children about the First Fleet, and subsequent adventures in the Pacific.' (Terence and Frances O'Neill Australian Children's Books to 1980 (1989):30).
1 y separately published work icon Wrong Side Out W. Clark Russell , London : Chatto and Windus , 1904 Z1423729 1904 single work novel adventure
1 y separately published work icon Overdue W. Clark Russell , London : Chatto and Windus , 1903 Z1387282 1903 single work novel adventure
1 1 y separately published work icon The Ship's Adventure W. Clark Russell , London : Constable , 1901 Z1553281 1901 single work novel adventure
1 The Strange Adventure of a Southseaman W. Clark Russell , 1899 single work short story historical fiction
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 30 September 1899; (p. 662,663)
Thirty convicts steal the Cyprus leaving the captain and crew behind in Research Bay. The escaped prisoners kidnap a man from a whaling ship and force him to help them.
2 y separately published work icon The Tale of the Ten : A Salt-Water Romance W. Clark Russell , London : Chatto and Windus , 1896 Z1386455 1896 single work novel adventure 'A tale of conspiracy on board ship is of never-failing interest to the landsman, and Mr. Clark Russell in his latest salt-water romance makes excellent use of this exciting theme. From the first moment when we meet three of the chief conspirators on the shores of Sydney Harbour, discussing the question of where the treasure of gold on board the barque Queen is stored, down to the last chapter, dealing with the fight and its results, the interest is kept breathlessly awake....' - Daily Telegraph.
1 y separately published work icon The Convict Ship W. Clark Russell , London : Chatto and Windus , 1895 Z1387310 1895 single work novel adventure
1 y separately published work icon The Emigrant Ship W. Clark Russell , London : Sampson Low, Marston , 1893 Z1385905 1893 single work children's fiction adventure children's

'In The Emigrant Ship Mr. Russell has taken a hint from the history of Pitcairn Island. He has introduced us to a vessel filled with women voyaging to Australia, some for the purpose of finding situations and others in the hope of securing husbands. This vessel, through a strange fatality, is left without a navigator. In the meantime, the crew of twelve men, having chosen twelve of the women as partners, decide to settle on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific and start a colony. The hero of the story, Charles Morgan, has already gone through several adventures when the vessel of which he is second mate falls in with the emigrant ship. The sailors of the latter, by a clever ruse, make a prisoner of him. Then they force him to navigate their ship to the South Sea Island which they have chosen. The hero decides that it is his duty to carry the ship and her cargo of emigrants to their destination, which is Sydney....The hero of Mr. Russell's novel, having to take a ship full of women over some thousands of miles of ocean, after leaving the settlers on their island, decides that it would be unwise to ship a crew of South Sea islanders. He therefore sets to work long before reaching the island to train thirty of the brightest and strongest of the women to pull and haul, lay aloft, reef topsails, and steer. The result is that the ship is carried safely into Sydney Harbor by this remarkable crew. The hero becomes captain, and marries the best girl of the lot.' 'Recent Fiction', New York Times (31 December 1893): 19.

1 y separately published work icon Master Rockafellar's Voyage W. Clark Russell , London : Methuen , 1891 Z1434000 1891 single work children's fiction children's Tom Rockafellar has a desire to be a sailor, regardless of his parents' concerns and attempts to dissuade him from such a profession. Eventually his parents give in and let him follow his dream, and he goes aboard a trading ship destined for Australia. The story relates many adventures at sea, including near misses with another ship sailing on a collision course for the Lady Violet, a fellow shipman's tales of being left at sea and found again, encountering shipwrecks, whales, and icebergs. Tom makes the return journey back to England safely, is greeted by his father, and continues to relate more stories of life at sea.
1 y separately published work icon The Little Loo : A Story of the South Sea Sydney Mostyn , London : Samuel Tinsley and Co. , 1878 Z1409582 1878 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon John Holdsworth, Chief Mate : A Story in Three Volumes W. Clark Russell , New York (City) : Street and Smith , Z1386109 1875 single work novel adventure Describes the sinking of the 'Meteor' and Holdsworth's rescue by the 'Jessie Maxwell' which took him to Sydney. Chapter eighteen headed 'Sydney' describes the town and harbour. The novel is set in the period 1827 to 1832; Russell visited Sydney in the late 1850s.
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