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English: Ulysses' Last Trick by Emil Limmer

Identifier: storyofgreatestn01elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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  • bookcentury:1900
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  • bookauthor:Horne__Charles_F___Charles_Francis___1870_1942
  • booksubject:World_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Niglutsch
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:544
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  • bookcollection:americana
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