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On Heroes: Hero-Worship And The Heroic In History

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Book Title: On Heroes : Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History

Number of Pages: 170 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2016

Topic: Historical

Item Height: 0.4 in

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 13.9 Oz

Item Length: 10 in

Author: Thomas Carlyle

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