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| Title | Fugitive Facts: An Epitome of General Information, Obtained in Large Part from Sources Not Generally Accessible, and Covering More Than One Thousand Topics of General Interest and Frequent Inquiry |
| Editor | Robert Thorne |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | A. L. Burt Publishers, 1889 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 491 pages |
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