'J. Leslie' 'J. Leslie' i(A16595 works by) (birth name: Joseph Leslie Haddon) (a.k.a. Jay Leslie; J. L. Haddon)
Born: Established: 1882 Goulburn, Goulburn area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1966 St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 The Skipper's Adventures and the Home on the Cliffs 'J. Leslie' , 1938 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Home Is the Sailor 'J. Leslie' , Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Company , 1934 Z457995 1934 single work novel young adult Eleven-year-old orphan Jimmy Brent meets Captain Hardy at Circular Quay. Hardy takes the boy onto the schooner the Mary Ellen, to give him a meal and a bath, and to learn more about the boy's past.Could this boy be the son of Captain James Brent, believed lost in a shipwreck near Fiji? If so, he is the much-younger brother of Dorothy, the woman whom Captain Hardy once courted, and whose father sent her away to New Zealand. Hardy concocts a plan to find Captain Brent and win Dorothy's heart.
1 2 y separately published work icon Youth Builds A Monument 'J. Leslie' , Sydney : N.S.W. Bookstall Company , 1933 Z458102 1933 single work novel young adult Experiences of an Australian boy at school and at work in his first job.
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