By Reef and Palm
by Louis Becke
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott company 1894
Number of pages: 452
Description:
A Fictional Journey to the Lands of Paradise. This small collection of 'yarns' about life in the Pacific Islands launched Australian author Louis Becke, a former sailor, into whirlwind celebrity with its publication in the late 1890s.
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