The Recruiters single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1905... 1905 The Recruiters
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A former South Sea labour recruiter relates a story that reveals the methods used by some of the ships' crews to deceive and kidnap Pacific Islanders for plantation labour.

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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. 299 - 312
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