Olmsted's Adventure single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 Olmsted's Adventure
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A shipwrecked sailor lives in a New Guinea village for three years. Eventually a ship anchors near the village to carry out repairs. When a young woman from the ship offends the local inhabitants and is taken prisoner, the sailor leads an expedition to rescue her.

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    y separately published work icon Under Tropic Skies Louis Becke , London : T. Fisher Unwin , 1904 Z177204 1904 selected work short story London : George Bell and Sons , 1905 pg. 80 - 129
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    Samoa,
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    South Pacific, Pacific Region,
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
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