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The Red Feather single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 The Red Feather
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A returned soldier, wounded out of the war, tells the story of his revenge against a women who had been handing out white feathers to unenlisted men.

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Notes

  • The 'white feather/red feather' theme which features in this work appears to have had a wide circulation during World War I. It also features in the recruiting story 'One of the Anzacs', which was published under various titles in the Australian newspapers during 1916.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Times no. 2535 9 March 1918 7791392 1918 newspaper issue 1918 pg. 6
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