ORPHANS OF THE CARNIVAL,
by Birch, Carol
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new but with a remainder dot)./fine
- ISBN 10
- 038554152X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385541527
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Doubleday,, (2016). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new but with a remainder dot).. First US printing. Novel based on the life of a Mexican orphan named Julia Pastrana (who lived from 1834 to 1860) first appeared on the carnival stage in New Orleans in the mid-1800s. She was a slight girl who sang, danced, and spoke several languages, but it was her face, described as ape-like, covered with hair, that brought her notoriety. Interwoven with this historical narrative is the story of a 21st-century girl called Rose, a hoarder who has found a doll -once the beloved possession of Julia - in a rubbish bin in London. 334 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82284
- Title
- ORPHANS OF THE CARNIVAL,
- Author
- Birch, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 038554152X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385541527
- Publisher
- Doubleday,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2016)
- Keywords
- victorian era, freaks, london,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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