Wild West shows / Paul Reddin.
Reddin, Paul.
1999
GV1833 .R43 1999 (Mapit)
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Title Wild West shows / Paul Reddin.
Author Reddin, Paul.
ISBN 0252067878 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252024648 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
Language English
Description xvi, 312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number GV1833 .R43 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.8/4/0973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-300) and index.
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