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    Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05
    Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05
    Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05
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    Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05

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    Gilbert Parker was a late 19th and early 20th century politician and novelist who wrote prodigiously. The British-Canadian's works are still popular in the 21st century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateFeb 4, 2016
    ISBN9781518394966
    Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05
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    Gilbert Parker

    Gilbert Parker (1862–1932), also credited as Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian novelist and British politician. His initial career was in education, working in various schools as a teacher and lecturer. He then traveled abroad to Australia where he became an editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He expanded his writing to include long-form works such as romance fiction. Some of his most notable titles include Pierre and his People (1892), The Seats of the Mighty and The Battle of the Strong.

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      Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05 - Gilbert Parker

      CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK — VOLUME 05

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      Gilbert Parker

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      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Gilbert Parker

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK

      A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH

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      Cumner’s Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05

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      Cumner’s Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 05

      Published by Epic House Publishers

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1932

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      CUMNER’S SON AND OTHER SOUTH SEA FOLK

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      by Gilbert Parker

      A PAGAN OF THE SOUTH

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      WHEN BLAKE SHORLAND STEPPED FROM the steamer Belle Sauvage upon the quay at Noumea, he proceeded, with the alertness of the trained newspaper correspondent, to take his bearings. So this was New Caledonia, the home of outcast, criminal France, the recent refuge of Communist exiles, of Rochefort, Louise Michel, Felix Rastoul, and the rest! Over there to the left was Ile Nou, the convict prison; on the hill was the Governor’s residence; below, the Government establishments with their red-tiled roofs; and hidden away in a luxuriance of tropical vegetation lay the houses of the citizens. He stroked his black moustache thoughtfully for a moment, and put his hand to his pocket to see that his letters of introduction from the French Consul at Sydney to Governor Rapont and his journalistic credentials were there. Then he

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