The Shark Cage single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 The Shark Cage
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Despite his misgivings Davy accompanies his father back to the site of a shark attack, during which his father lost an arm, in the hope of gaining valuable underwater film footage for an American film company.

Notes

  • Preceded by 'The Last Inch'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Gold and Sand : Stories James Aldridge , London : Bodley Head , 1960 Z424081 1960 selected work short story London : Bodley Head , 1960 pg. 197-222
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Open-Air Adventure Stories for Boys Eric Duthie (editor), London : Odhams Books Limited , 1965 Z1287041 1965 anthology children's fiction London : Odhams Books Limited , 1965 pg. 161-184
    Note: Slightly abridged version of the same short story originally published in Gold and Sand : Stories (1960)
Alternative title: Der Haifischkäfig
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— Appears in: Gold and Sand : Stories 1960;
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