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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... 1929 The Valley of Suprises
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'Once a stranger enters the valley of the mysterious "white master," he is never allowed to go out again' (3).

While Dorrie sets out from Sydney to locate the missing boys, the St. Frank's chums discover that the valley is filled with gold, and that the 'white master' is actually the estranged father of Clapson, one of their group. Reunited with his son, Clapson has a renewed sense of living and allows the St. Frank's boys to depart, just in time to meet up with Dorrie and his rescue party.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Amalgamated Press ,       1929 .
      Extent: 44p.
      Description: illus.
      Series: y separately published work icon The Nelson Lee School Story Library Edwy Searles Brooks , London : Amalgamated Press , 1924-1930 Z1512475 1924 series - publisher children's fiction children's

      The Nelson Lee Library series of books was established in 1915, featuring Nelson Lee the detective, and his young assistant Nipper. Edwy Searles Brooks submitted his first story to the series in September 1915, and by 1917 was writing all of the stories in the series. In July 1917, Brooks was commissioned to write a spin-off series, The Nelson Lee School Story Library, for which he created the fictional English school St. Frank's.

      Numbers 140-150 (published weekly from 29 January, 1929) in this latter series are set in Australia, and follow the adventures of the school cricket team who have traveled there to compete. Although it is not set in Australia, number 140 is about the team's setting out for Australia. Number 141 is about the stop-over in South Africa and the need to find alternative transport to Adelaide.

      Number in series: 147
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