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Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories
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* Contents derived from the London,
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T. Fisher Unwin , 1898 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, Louis Becke , single work short story
A boatsteerer leads a mutiny after his brother has been savagely beaten by one of the ship's officers.
(p. 1 - 20)
A Point of Theology on Maduro, Louis Becke , single work short story
A local man returns to his island with his granddaughter after thirty years absence. He and his granddaughter have adopted the Catholic religion, but during his absence the islanders have become Protestants and, led by the Hawaiian missionary teacher, persecute him and his granddaughter, refusing them land and sustenance. When a trader, Macpherson, tries to help the old man his store is tabooed by the islanders and he appeals to the captain of a visiting ship for assistance.
(p. 21 - 33)
A Man of Impulse, Louis Becke , single work short story
A trader's servant runs away after his female companion mistreats her. He asks an islander to find the servant and bring her back, but is horrified by what eventuates.
(p. 24 - 43)
The Trader, Louis Becke , single work short story
A man flees with his infant daughter to an isolated island after he loses his wife in tragic circumstances.
(p. 44 - 68)
Mrs Clinton, Louis Becke , single work short story
A woman travelling on a convict ship loses her husband and child to fever. She is assisted and comforted during her husband's illness by one of the convicts. In gratitude she assists him and several others to escape. When she jumps overboard shortly afterwards with her dead child in her arms they find her and take her on board their boat.
(p. 69 - 93)
The Cutting-Off of the 'Queen Charlotte', Louis Becke , single work short story (p. 94 - 105)
The Peruvian Slavers, Louis Becke , single work short story
An allegedly true story of a raid by slavers on the island of Nukufetau. One of the daughters of a European man, Harry, who has lived on the island for fifteen years, manages to escape and raise the alarm. The islanders flee, but Harry's other daughter is captured.
(p. 106 - 124)
A Question of Precedence, Louis Becke , single work short story
A socially inept ship's captain incites an all-out brawl in a Samoan village.
(p. 125 - 139)
A Touch of the Tar Brush, Louis Becke , single work short story
A Maori politician fighting against the forced acquisition of his people's land is betrayed by his Labour party supporters and is defeated. After the vote he is invited to an opponent's house and, having decided to resign, accepts the invitation. While there the daughter of the man who led the troops who killed his mother and sister shows him her father's sketches of the battle.
(p. 140 - 152)
The Trader's Wife, Louis Becke , single work short story
An Islander murders a trader in an attempt to gain possession of his white wife. He is tried and condemned to death by the commander of an Australian patrol boat.
(p. 153 - 159)
Nina, Louis Becke , single work short story
Rumours abound when a young woman leaves her abusive husband.
(p. 160 - 170)
The East Indian Cousin, Louis Becke , single work short story
A lieutenant in the Marines learns of his inheritance in a fortuitous manner.
(p. 171 - 193)
Proctor the Drunkard, Louis Becke , single work short story
An alcoholic ship's captain seeks revenge on the man who tricked him into losing his ship and stole his fianceé.
(p. 194 - 208)
A Ponapean Convenance, Louis Becke , single work short story
A trader receives a lesson in hospitality from his Islander wife.
(p. 209 - 213)
In the King's Service, Louis Becke , single work short story
A sailor flees from his naval ship after accidentally killing a bullying petty officer and spends many years wandering the Pacific. After the tragic death of his Islander wife he joins the crew of a sandalwood ship, but eventually seeks refuge in the Caroline Islands accompanied by his young son. The king of the island values his boat-building skills and allows him to stay. He lives in isolation, but even there he is not safe.
(p. 214 - 229)
Oxley, the Privateersman, Louis Becke , single work short story
The story of Oxley, a trader who died on Tucopia Island at the age of 87. He left a written account of his life from the time he joined the crew of a British privateer in 1805, when England was at war with Spain. Following the captain's death the ship sails into the Pacific hunting whales. As a result of the new captain's foolishness, most of the crew are massacred in Tonga.
(p. 230 - 261)
The Escapee, Louis Becke , single work short story
A stockman saves the life of a man who turns out to be a French escapee from Ile Nou in New Caledonia. The stockman offers to help the man in return for a promise, which costs the Frenchman his life.
(p. 262 - 272)
Ema, the Half-Blood, Louis Becke , single work short story
Twenty-year-old Ema and her brother, Jim, live with their trader father on Drummond's Island. Jim leaves the island to join the crew of an American ship, but runs away and returns home. Several years later an American naval party arrives to arrest him and Ema fights valiantly to save him.
(p. 273 - 297)
Leasse, Louis Becke , single work short story
Relates the idyllic seven months that Denison, the supercargo, lived in a village on the island of Kosrae, after the wreck of the blackbirder, 'Bully' Hayes's ship, the Leonora. The work appears to be largely autobiographical.
(p. 298 - 304)
The Problem with Jinaban, Louis Becke , single work short story
Tells the story of Jinaban, an outlaw Islander chief, who embarks on a murderous rampage when his offer of a wife to the trader, Palmer, is refused. With the help of an absconding sailor Palmer finally captures Jinaban, but the Islanders are reluctant to execute him.
(p. 305 - 331)

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Works about this Work

Publications Received 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 November 1898; (p. 930, 931)

— Review of Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories Louis Becke , 1898 selected work short story ; Girls Together Louise Mack , 1898 single work novel
The reviewer writes that most of the short sketches in Beck's book had appeared previously in magazines and the best of them are about white men and brown women. Girls Together, the sequel to Teens, is reported as a 'girl's book' in a 'dainty style.'
Untitled 1898 single work column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 1 October 1898; (p. 643)
Publications Received 1898 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 November 1898; (p. 930, 931)

— Review of Rodman the Boatsteerer and Other Stories Louis Becke , 1898 selected work short story ; Girls Together Louise Mack , 1898 single work novel
The reviewer writes that most of the short sketches in Beck's book had appeared previously in magazines and the best of them are about white men and brown women. Girls Together, the sequel to Teens, is reported as a 'girl's book' in a 'dainty style.'
Untitled 1898 single work column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 1 October 1898; (p. 643)
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