A Gentle Madness
- ISBN-10
- 0812617762
- ISBN-13
- 9780812617764
- Series
- A Gentle Madness
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-12-01
- Author
- Nicholas Basbanes
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- 2012
- 635 pages
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- 1999-03-15
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- 1995-08-15
- 638 pages
- Paperback
- Henry Holt and Company
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