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Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
Passing Strange A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
Author: Martha A. Sandweiss
The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West, and the woman he loved — Clarence King is a hero of nineteenth century western history; a brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, best-selling author and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War. Secretary of State John Hay named King ?t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781594202001
ISBN-10: 1594202001
Publication Date: 2/5/2009
Pages: 384
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3.8 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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More like reading a school history text rather than an enthralling story - which it could have been without the boring stuff which was in the entire book (part that I read). I even skipped ahead hoping it would get better - no such luck...


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