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Michael Strogoff : a courier of the czar / by Jules Verne ; illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
- Series:
- Scribner series for young people
- Scribner series for young people.
- Standardized Title:
- Michel Strogoff. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881--Juvenile fiction.
- Alexander.
- Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881.
- Diplomatic couriers--Juvenile fiction.
- Diplomatic couriers.
- Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
- Kings and rulers.
- Tatars--Juvenile fiction.
- Tatars.
- Escapes--Juvenile fiction.
- Escapes.
- Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
- Voyages and travels.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (autograph, December 1973) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vi, 341 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : 1 color illustration ; 20 cm.
- Manufacture:
- [New York] : The Scribner Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1927]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "The herculean Strogoff is sent by the Czar with a letter to a commandant in Irkutsk, beleaguered by hordes of Tartars. Traversing the vast extent of Siberia, accompanied by a beautiful girl, he encounters every conceivable kind of peril, but escapes, and executes his mission."--Baker's Best.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy without dustjacket.
- OCLC:
- 1621815
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