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Book

Incredible people : five stories of extraordinary lives

Call Number

  • J 920 D (OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.

Physical Description

182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Presents the stories of six people whose lives were shaped by their physical and cultural differences from the rest of Western society: Jack Erlich, the Hilton Siamese twins, Ota Benga, Ishi, and the "Wild Boy" of France.

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