Auteurs : Fitzsimons, Raymund (Auteur)

Lieu de publication : St. Martin’s Press

Éditeur : St. Martin’s Press

Date de publication : 1970

ISBN : nil

Langue : Anglais

Description : 179 p. : ill. en n & b, portr. ; 23 cm

Notes : Bibliogr. : p. 170-173. - Index

Sujets :
Barnum, Phineas Taylor [directeur de cirque]
Sherwood Stratton, Charles [General Tom Thumb]
Robert Haydon, Benjamin, 1786-1846.

Collection : Collection Pascal Jacob

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 791. 309 2

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