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Elephant Story
Jumbo and P.T. Barnum Under the Big Top
Av Les Harding
Häftad, 2000
267 kr
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The newspapers called him "Overshadowing Monarch Mastodon," "Behemoth of Holy Writ" and "Prodigious Mountain." He was the main event at the greatest show on earth: Jumbo, at around 6-1/2 tons and almost 12 feet tall, the biggest elephant anyone had ever seen. Jumbo's mere presence in the Barnum, …
Holy Bingo, the Lingo of Eden, Jumpin' Jehosophat and the Land of Nod
A Dictionary of the Names, Expressions and Folklore of Christianity
Av Les Harding
Häftad, 2006
487 kr
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Christianity abounds with fascinating, little-known trivia. Gas station attendants, for example, enjoy their own patron saint. So do stamp collectors, truss makers and sailors in the Bolivian navy. Jesus and Judas were common names in the biblical period, and Jesus of Nazareth had a brother named …
Newfoundland Railway, 1898-1969
A History
Av Les Harding
Häftad, 2008
517 kr
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The building of a narrow-gauge trans-island railway in nineteenth century Newfoundland was a reckless and even desperate experiment. The island was poor, the population small, and the local politics rife with bitter sectarian conflict. Against these unpromising odds, the Newfoundland Railway came …
They Knew Marilyn Monroe
Famous Persons in the Life of the Hollywood Icon
Av Les Harding
Häftad, 2012
396 kr
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Taking an innovative approach to the life and legend of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), this biographical dictionary concentrates on her circle of friends, acquaintances and coworkers--1618 in all. Distilled from hundreds of celebrity biographies are references to, and quotes about, the iconic …
Dead Countries of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Aden to Zululand
Av Les Harding
Inbunden, 1998
1607 kr
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In its most precise definition, a " dead country" is a place that once issued postage stamps but no longer does. Harding has used this definition as a basis for a fascinating investigation of world history. Collected in Dead Countries of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a telling portrait …
