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Up and Down Australia Again

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing on his experiences in the bush between 1911 and 1931. Up and Down Australia Again is the third published collection of Upfield's short works. Kees de Hoog has selected 34 short stories, a radio play and the first five chapters for an unfinished Bony novel, some items being published for the first time. There are stories based on Upfield's personal experience as a soldier in World War One, stories set in the Australian outback, and tales of Aboriginals and immigrants crossing paths during the years of European settlement and expansion.

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192541678X

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9781925416787

Up and Down the Real Australia

By: Arthur William Upfield

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By: Arthur William Upfield

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1922473278

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Madman's Bend

By: Arthur William Upfield

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Madman's Bend

By: Arthur William Upfield

Arthur Upfield's scrapbook of press cuttings, etc. for the novel, Madman's bend.

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Aeonian Press

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0891905529

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9780891905523

Murder Down Under

By: Arthur William Upfield

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Murder Down Under

By: Arthur William Upfield

Even though he's on vacation, Bony finds plenty to investigate in western Australia when farmer George Loftus disappears.

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Scribner Book Company

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0684178877

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9780684178875

Murder Must Wait

By: Arthur William Upfield

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Murder Must Wait

By: Arthur William Upfield

Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte investigates the puzzling kidnappings of five infant boys and the murder of the fifth child's mother

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Scribner Paper Fiction

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002025900X

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9780020259008

The Battling Prophet

By: Arthur William Upfield

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The Battling Prophet

By: Arthur William Upfield

Australian mystery.

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0207162182

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9780207162183

Up and Down the Real Australia

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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Up and Down the Real Australia

By: Arthur W. Upfield

Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing on his experiences in the bush between 1911 and 1931. Up and Down the Real Australia is the second published collection of Upfield's short works. Kees de Hoog has selected 45 autobiographical articles, ranging from humorous outback anecdotes to personal experiences at Gallipoli and the Somme during the First World War. Kees has added The Murchison Murders, Upfield's account of how the "perfect murder" was developed for his second Bony novel, The Sands of Windee; how Snowy Rowles used it to commit at least one, probably three, murders om 1929; how the crime was solved; and what happened at Rowles' trial in 1932.

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1925416437

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9781925416435

The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery

By: Arthur William Upfield

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The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery

By: Arthur William Upfield

Melbourne during the Depression. A seedy, corrupt city. Someone has struck at the heart of Australia's soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, black-mail, a betting scam? Only Tom Pink, the rider of the murdered horse can find out. Tom, born into the underworld, he now tries to defeat, exposes the graft and blackmail that reaches to the upper echelons of Melbourne society. His life and the lives of those he holds close will never be the same again.

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Isis Large Print Books

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1863407634

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9781863407632

The Lure of the Bush

By: Arthur William Upfield

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The Lure of the Bush

By: Arthur William Upfield

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965.

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Amereon Limited

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0891905693

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9780891905691

Bony and the Mouse

By: Arthur William Upfield

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Bony and the Mouse

By: Arthur William Upfield

Reprint of Australian detective story first published in 1959. By the author of TDeath of aLake', TBony and the Black Virgin' and other detective novels. Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte investigates the connection between three different murders in a small WA town.

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020716326X

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9780207163265

The Will of the Tribe

By: Arthur William Upfield

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The Will of the Tribe

By: Arthur William Upfield

Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte investigates the murder of an unidentified man, who was discovered dead in a meteor crater in the desert

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Macmillan Publishing Company

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068418141X

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9780684181417

Bony Buys a Woman

By: Arthur William Upfield

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Bony Buys a Woman

By: Arthur William Upfield

Reprint of Australian detective story (first published in 1957) featuring Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. In this mystery TBony' has to solve the murder of a woman and the disappearance of her daughter at a remote cattle station beside Lake Eyre in Central Australia.

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020716276X

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9780207162763

Beyond the Mirage

An Autobiography

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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Beyond the Mirage

An Autobiography

By: Arthur W. Upfield

To observe a ridge of sandhills was to wonder what lay beyond them... Perhaps it was the sense of freedom, both physically and spiritually, the knowledge that should I want to look beyond the sandhills and peer beyond the mirage, there was nothing but my two legs and a water bag to prevent me... As thousands did before me, and as men are still doing in these days, I asked for my cheque instead of orders one bright morning in May, and a week later an eager young man pushed a loaded bicycle out of Wilcannia. Arthur Upfield's autobiography was written in 1937 but put aside during the intervening years of the Second World War. Now available for the first time, here is Upfield's own story of tramping Australia and developing his great crime novels featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective, alongside real desert characters like One-Spur Dick, Mr Pluto, Dead March Harry and the evil Snowy Rowles. Illustrated with photographs from Upfield's archive.

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1922384151

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9781922384157

The Mystery of Swordfish Reef

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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The Mystery of Swordfish Reef

By: Arthur W. Upfield

An intriguing case for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte begins on a calm October day in an Australian seaside near Bermagui. Three men set out to sea for a day's fishing... and do not return. Despite intensive searches, no trace of the men or their boat is found, until, weeks later, a passing trawler hauls in a gruesome catch - the head of one of the missing fishermen. It is quite clear that its owner was murdered with a pistol shot. But by whom, and why, is for Bony to find out. A thriller with a new kind of thrill. - Sheffield Morning Telegraph

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1922384518

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9781922384515

The Clue of the New Shoe

By: Arthur Upfield

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The Clue of the New Shoe

By: Arthur Upfield

Detective story; Principal character is part Aboriginal police inspector Napoleon Bonaparte; Set in Victoria.

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Pan

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033010716X

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9780330107167

The Murchison Murders

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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The Murchison Murders

By: Arthur W. Upfield

Somewhere within Arthur Upfield's travelling dray were the clues to uncovering three acts of murder involving the grifter, Snowy Rowles. Once Upfield had published his crime thriller, The Sands of Windee, West Australian police gave chase, starting with the esteemed author of Bony...

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1925416135

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The Gifts of Frank Cobbold

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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The Gifts of Frank Cobbold

By: Arthur W. Upfield

This biography of Frank Cobbold opens when Frank goes to sea on a Clipper aged 14. It follows him through inexperience as a Fijian trader who escaped the cannibals' cook pot and survived one of the worst hurricanes in living memory. In Australia he learned the skills of a surveyor and quickly became a sought-after and trusted station manager. Despite problems that would have defeated a less resolute man he took droughts, cheats and unyielding land tenure regulations in his stride to become one of Australia's great pioneering pastoralists. Admired by fellow bushmen, trusted by his partners and wooed by bankers, his gritty determination earned him a small fortune which he gave away. It's a remarkable story.

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1925416216

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9781925416213

The Beach of Atonement

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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The Beach of Atonement

By: Arthur W. Upfield

This is the story of a man who shot his wife's lover and thus created a memory which wrecked his own life. Arnold Dudley loved his wife and killed the man who stole her from him. Hunted by justice, pursued by bitter remorse, he fled to a stretch of beach on the Australian coast and lived in utter loneliness. When almost driven to madness by the solitude, he meets two women, who strive to re-build his broken life... First published in 1930, by the creator of Bony, the Aboriginal detective.

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192541650X

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Up and Down the Real Australia

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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Up and Down the Real Australia

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Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing on his experiences in the bush between 1911 and 1931. Up and Down the Real Australia is the second published collection of Upfield's short works. Kees de Hoog has selected 45 autobiographical articles, ranging from humorous outback anecdotes to personal experiences at Gallipoli and the Somme during the First World War. Kees has added The Murchison Murders, Upfield's account of how the "perfect murder" was developed for his second Bony novel, The Sands of Windee; how Snowy Rowles used it to commit at least one, probably three, murders om 1929; how the crime was solved; and what happened at Rowles' trial in 1932.

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1925416437

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The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery

By: Arthur W. Upfield

Melbourne during the depression. A seedy, corrupt city. Someone has struck at the heart of Australia's soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, blackmail, a betting scam? Only Tom Pink, the rider of the murdered horse can find out. Tom, born into the underworld he now tries to defeat, exposes graft and blackmail that reaches to the upper echelons of Melbourne society. His life and the lives of those he holds close will never be the same again. The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery, written in 1933, a year after the mysterious death of Phar Lap (winner of the 1930 Melbourne Cup) is a previously lost classic of Australian crime fiction.

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1925416623

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Up and Down Australia

By: Arthur W. Upfield

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Up and Down Australia

By: Arthur W. Upfield

Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing on his experiences in the bush between 1911 and 1931. Up and Down Australia is the first published collection of Upfield's short works. Kees de Hoog has selected 33 fiction stories, including the only known Bony short story. There are humorous yarns, crime stories, comedies and dire tales about the dangers of living and working in the bush. You will not simply be entertained and informed by reading these stories, but you will sample life in the Australian outback during the early decades of the twentieth century.

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