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Gallegher is an adventure tale by Richard Harding Davis that was published in 1891. You will love following Gallegher's life as a copy boy at a newspaper who goes on investigative adventures. In 1917, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.'s Conquest Pictures released a short film titled Gallegher: a newspaper story.
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Richard Davis was born and educated in Melbourne and now lives in Queensland. He was encouraged in his writing by Alan Marshall, Ivan Southall and later, Nobel prize-winning author Patrick White. Richard pursued a successful career in commerce before taking up full-time writing in 1997. Since then his published works have included three internationally acclaimed biographies of musicians: Geoffrey Parsons - Among Friends (ABC Books), Eileen Joyce: A Portrait (Fremantle Press) and Anna Bishop - The Adventures of an Intrepid Prima Donna (Currency Press). The latest in this series is Wotan’s Daughter - The Life of Marjorie Lawrence.
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