Captain Tatham of Tatham Island

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1909
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Mostly an adventure novel but includes a vague plan for turning an isolated island into a eutopia. Some discussion of alternative ideas.

Published Date

1909

Publisher
Gale & Polden
Place Published
London
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1909 Wallace, [Richard Horatio] Edgar (1875-1932). Captain Tatham of Tatham Island. London: Gale & Polden. Cover title reads Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Commission on the Rebellion and Cession of Tatham Island, together with One Map. Presented to the Parliament of the Tatham Island Republic by the Command of the President. Rpt. with an added first chapter “The Genesis of the History” as The Island of Galloping Gold. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1916, which was rpt. as Eve’s Island. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1926. HRC

Mostly an adventure novel but includes a vague plan for turning an isolated island into a eutopia. Some discussion of alternative ideas. The author was born in England and died in Hollywood.

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Rpt. with an added first chapter “The Genesis of the History” as The Island of Galloping Gold. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1916, which was rpt. as Eve’s Island. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1926. 

Title Note

Cover title reads Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Commission on the Rebellion and Cession of Tatham Island, together with One Map. Presented to the Parliament of the Tatham Island Republic by the Command of the President. 

Rpt. with an added first chapter as The Island of Galloping Gold. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1916; which was rpt. as Eve’s Island. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1926. 

Author Note

The author (1875-1932) was born in England and died in Hollywood.

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