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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.

Subject

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