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Foucar, George, 1933

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'Jaggers'

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 347
Scope and Contents '"Jaggers" or the Railway Transport Officer', a story centred on the character John Jaggers, a man of great wealth derived from Rhodesian gold and East Indian rubber who invests successfully in South America's railways. The bulk of the book deals with his work as a Railway Transport Officer in World War I, and includes reflections on world affairs and the Empire. The introduction to the story is dated February 1933, and refers to Foucar's novel 'The wandering clerk or a romance of the...
Dates: 1933
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