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Title: Falconry, the sport of kings
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978. Eagle, king of birds, and his kin Fowler, Frederick Hall. Week-ends with the prairie falcon
Subjects: Falconry
Publisher: Washington, National Geographic Society

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