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Born: Established: 2003 Tokyo, Honshu,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ; Died: Ceased: 2009
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2 2 y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods : A Tale of Disposable Despicableness Geoffrey McSkimming , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1996 Z918066 1996 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour 'When an ancient alabastron is stolen from the Greek Archaeological Museum, only one man can help - Cairo Jim! The seemingly ordinary vase is home to a potent force that must not be allowed to escape, and when the treacherous Captain Bone gets his manicured fingers on the alabastron, Jim fears the darkest consequences for all mankind' (Source: Google books).
2 2 y separately published work icon Cairo Jim on the Trail to Chacha Muchos : An Epic Tale of Rhythm Geoffrey McSkimming , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1992 Z793735 1992 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour ' Legend has it that somewhere in Peru, atop a towering, jungle-covered mountain, stand the ruins of ChaCha Muchos, the Lost City of Dancers. What happened there nearly five hundred years ago remains a mystery. Who were these people? And why, in the end, did the entire tribe dance itself into extinction? When that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, sets out to solve the mystery, he doesn't know that he is not the only one on the trail to ChaCha Muchos.' (Libraries Australia record).
2 2 y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and Doris in Search of Martenarten : A Tale of Archaeology, Adventure and Astonishment Geoffrey McSkimming , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 Z837285 1991 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour ' Far away in Upper Egypt, in a place known as the Valley of the Kings, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim (assisted by Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel) is searching for the lost tomb of Pharaoh Martenarten, Worshipper of the Moon and King of Ancient Egypt. But somebody of great deviousness, treachery and manicured evil wants what they are after. And he will stop at nothing to claim it for his own.' (Libraries Australia record).
3 3 y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1994 Z834067 1994 single work children's fiction children's adventure ' When the manicured evil genius, Captune Neptune F. Bone, disappears in the Red Sea while diving for a lost sarcophagus, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, is called in to try and help find him in the dark and watery depths ..." -- back cover.' (Libraries Australia record).
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