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=== Some contested works attributed to Defoe === * ''A Friendly Epistle by way of reproof from one of the people called Quakers, to T. B., a dealer in many words'' (1715). * ''[[The King of Pirates]]'' (1719) β purporting to be an account of the pirate [[Henry Avery]]. * ''The Pirate Gow'' (1725) β an account of [[John Gow]]. * ''[[A General History of the Pyrates]]'' (1724, 1725, 1726, 1828) β published in two volumes by Charles Rivington, who had a shop near [[St. Paul's Cathedral]], London. Published under the name of [[Captain Charles Johnson]], it sold in many editions. * Captain Carleton's ''Memoirs of an English Officer'' (1728).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Baine |first=Rodney M. |title=Daniel Defoe and Captain Caneton's Memoirs of an English Officer |journal=Texas Studies in Literature and Language |date=1972 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=613β627 |jstor=40755201}}</ref> * ''[[Christian Davies|The life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, commonly call'd Mother Ross]]'' (1740) β published anonymously; printed and sold by R. Montagu in London; and attributed to Defoe but more recently not accepted by Moore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collections.soane.org/b10155 |department=Catalog entry: in several campaigns under King William and the late Duke of Marlborough, in the quality of a foot-soldier and dragoon, gave many signal proofs of an unparallell'd courage and personal bravery. Taken from her own mouth when a pensioner of Chelsea-Hospital, and known to be true by many who were engaged in those great scenes of action. |title=The life and adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies, commonly call'd Mother Ross |website=Sir John Soane's Museum Collection Online |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>
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