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Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley
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Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley Hardcover - 2008

by W. B. Carnochan


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  • Title Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley
  • Author W. B. Carnochan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford General Books
  • Date 2008-09-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780804760980 / 0804760985
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 14.48 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects English literature - History and criticism, Travelers' writings, English - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008019330
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.9

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 291

About the author

W. B. Carnochan is the Richard W. Lyman Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Stanford University and former Director of the Stanford Humanities Center.
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