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A strange career: life and adventure of John Gladwyn Jebb

Main Author:	Jebb, Gladwyn, Mrs.
Other Authors:	Haggard, H. Rider 1856-1925.
Format:	Microfilm
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood and Sons, 1894.
Physical Description:	xxv, 335 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (facsimile) ; 21 cm.
Subjects:	Jebb, John Beveridge Gladwyn, -- 1841-1893. Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Mexico -- Description and travel.

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