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A curiosity for the curious
- Title
- A curiosity for the curious / by Helen Reeder Cross ; illustrated by Margot Tomes.
- Author
- Cross, Helen Reeder.
- Publication
- New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, c1978.
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- Additional Authors
- Tomes, Margot
- Description
- [48] p. : ill. (some col.); 18 x 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Relates how Hachaliah Bailey of Somers, N. Y., in 1808, brought the first elephant, named Old Bet, to the United States, and toured the East Coast with her. He hired Phineas T. Barnum as an assistant to his menagerie which eventually became the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
- ISBN
- 0698204239
- LCCN
- 77003400
- Author
- Cross, Helen Reeder.
- Title
- A curiosity for the curious / by Helen Reeder Cross ; illustrated by Margot Tomes.
- Imprint
- New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, c1978.
- Added Author
- Tomes, Margot, ill.
- Branch Call Number
- J 636 C