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Issue Details: First known date: 1893... 1893 A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia
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Notes

  • Authorship uncertain. Editors of the 1968 edition, W. and J. E. Hiener, regarded James Lester Burke as the probable author.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction [To a Burglar's Life], Wilhelm Hiener , J. E. Hiener , single work biography (p. vii-xxi)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Alexander McCubbin , ca. 1900 .
      Alternative title: Tales of the Early Days
      Link: 9159825Internet Archive
      Extent: 124p.
      Note/s:
      • "Includes his experiences, many of which are related in fictitious form, in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, and Tasmania" (Miller, Australian Literature, 1940, ii.645).
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , ca. 1900 .
      Extent: 124 p., [2] leaves of platesp.
      Edition info: New ed.
      Description: illus.
    • Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,: J. Walch , 1969 .
      Extent: 185p.
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Works about this Work

A Burglar's Life, by Mark Jeffrey Kenna Rushbrook , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: The Realist , summer no. 34 1969; (p. 77-78)
— Review of A Burglar's Life or, The Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar Mark Jeffrey : A Thrilling History of the Dark Days of Convictism in Australia Mark Jeffrey , 1893 single work autobiography
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