The Privateersmen's Christmas Frolic single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1881... 1881 The Privateersmen's Christmas Frolic
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A small American craft captures a large British sloop of war - a schooner - up the Demerara River in British Guiana in 1812 - on Christmas Eve. Action tale, well-written of the genre; first-person narrative following a brief introduction. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 17 no. 199 December 1881 Z1041816 1881 periodical issue 1881 pg. 197-198
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