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- ID
- b305
- Title
- "Halibut Jones."
- Genre
- Story
- Page Count
- 13
- Word Count
- 2800
- Publisher
- Woman's Own
- Publication Year
- 1965
- Document Types
- Comic Fiction
- Topics
- Rushden
A late tale hearkening back to Bates's Rushden boyhood and in the style of the Uncle Silas tales. Halibut is a lying, sponging loafer who charms food, drink, and money out of elderly women.
In Women's Own (June 5, 1965), The Wild Cherry Tree (1968).
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