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Wildcat Press

The Journalistic Javelin: an illustrated history of the Bulletin by Patricia Rolfe

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June 1980, no. 21
Nancy Keesing reviews 'The Journalistic Javelin: an illustrated history of the Bulletin' by Patricia Rolfe

The Bulletin, The Bulletin,

The journalistic Javelin,

The paper all the humor’s in

The paper every rumor’s in

The paper to inspire a grin

The Bulletin. The Bulletin.

(The Bulletin, 28 May 1887)

Though I’d been looking forward to this book I had doubts about reviewing it. By definition it must touch on personal loyalties and friendships, and then, too, I had preconceptions about Bulletin history.

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