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A house-boat on the Styx : being some account of the divers doings of the associated shades

by John Kendrick Bangs

Set on a mysterious houseboat floating on the River Styx, this collection of twelve stories follows the interactions of various historical and mythological figures gathering in the afterlife.

Accession 33955 ISBN — Publisher Harper & Brothers
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