Denison's Second Berth Ashore single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... 1898 Denison's Second Berth Ashore
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Denison tries his hand at editing, with predictably disastrous consequences.

Affiliation Notes

  • The story mentions a Chinese man, Denison's landlord, and his family.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Town and Country Journal vol. 57 no. 1508 31 December 1898 Z606355 1898 newspaper issue 1898 pg. 33
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon South Sea Supercargo Louis Becke , A. Grove Day (editor), Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1967 Z539022 1967 selected work short story A collection of stories, some of which feature Becke's alter ego, Tom Denison. Others are apparently based on his one-time employer in Apia, Mrs Mary Macfarlane, and the blackbirder 'Bully' Hayes, as well as other characters he encountered in his Pacific wanderings. The stories draw heavily on Becke's own experiences and certainly have autobiographical components but they are not, as Professor Day's introduction implies, autobiographical in the strictest sense of the word. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press , 1967 pg. 92 - 98
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