Issue Details: First known date: 1954... 1954 The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen
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  • Dedication: Dedicated to James Whittaker Historian, Geographer, Man of Letters, and particular authority on Iceland, whose enthusiastic searches in Public Archives in London brought to light many facts that enhance this narrative.
  • Craig Munro (257-258) reports that Stephesen 'lavished so much time and energy on the Jorgensen biography that it grew to a massive 400,000 words before being cut down to a more manageable 250,000...Clune himself carried this out at the instigation of Angus & Robertson who would not publish it otherwise. This reversal of roles deeply offended Stephensen who was not even shown the revised version until proof stage. His detailed account of Jorgensen's early life, charting the Dane's psychological and intellectual development, was erased by the impatient Clune who considered such exposition secondary to the tale of Jorgensen's picaresque adventures...To E. Morris Miller, Stephensen poured out more of his frustration: 'When I saw the galley proofs, I was extremely dejected at the mutilation of a work which was conceived as the most ambitious attempt at biography ever made in Australia.' Stephensen was paid one thousand pounds by Clune to write the Jorgensen biography. (Craig Munro Wild Man of letters : the Story of P. R. Stephensen (1984)).

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Untitled Geoffrey Serle , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand , no. 7 1955; (p. 99)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
The Viking of Van Diemen's Land and Marcus Clarke Brian Elliott , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 2 1955; (p. 4-6)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
An Author Replies to a Critic P. R. Stephensen , 1955 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 4 1955; (p. 11-13)
Untitled F. R. Arnott , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society , no. 41 1955; (p. 92-93)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
Reply P. R. Stephensen , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Papers and Proceedings. Tasmanian Historical Research Association , vol. 3 no. 3 1954; (p. 52-53)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
Untitled James Dally , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Papers and Proceedings. Tasmanian Historical Research Association , vol. 3 no. 2 1954; (p. 28-29)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
Reply P. R. Stephensen , 1954 single work review
— Appears in: Papers and Proceedings. Tasmanian Historical Research Association , vol. 3 no. 3 1954; (p. 52-53)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
Untitled F. R. Arnott , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society , no. 41 1955; (p. 92-93)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
The Viking of Van Diemen's Land and Marcus Clarke Brian Elliott , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 2 1955; (p. 4-6)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
Untitled Geoffrey Serle , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand , no. 7 1955; (p. 99)

— Review of The Viking of Van Diemen's Land : The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen P. R. Stephensen , Frank Clune , 1954 single work biography
An Author Replies to a Critic P. R. Stephensen , 1955 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews , vol. 8 no. 4 1955; (p. 11-13)
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  • Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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