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The Great Cham

(Being an abridgment, partly rearranged, of James Boswell’s ‘Life of Samuel Johnson’ and ‘The Tour to the Hebrides.’)

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Author(s):James Boswell
Illustrator(s):Ernest H. Shepard
Editor(s):John Graves
Publisher(s): George Bell & Sons
Year Published: 1933
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Biography
British
History - British
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 255
OCLC: 752659887

Description

An even shorter Johnson.

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