Recollections of Seventy YearsPrimarily anecdotes of famous people, including about 20 women ; two chapters discuss marriage. |
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| Naslov | Recollections of Seventy Years American culture series Genealogy & local history History of women Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks Recollections of Seventy Years, "Mrs. John Farrar" Farrar [Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ...] |
| Autor | Mrs. John Farrar |
| Izdanje | 2 |
| Izdavač | Ticknor and Fields, 1866 |
| Izvornik iz | Harvardsko sveučilište |
| Digitalizirano | 19 srp 2007 |
| Duljina | Broj stranica: 331 |
| Izvezi navode | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |