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Strange red cow : and other curious classified ads from the past /

by Bader, Sara.
Publisher: New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 209 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 1400051207.Subject(s): Advertising, Classified -- History. -- United StatesOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text
Contents:
Lost and found. Victorian objects of desire -- The spoils of war -- Lost en route -- Bestial wanderlust -- Bitch, best friend, baby -- Coin return -- The runaway slave notice. Cold profiles -- The will of the captured -- We hold these truths to be self-evident -- Emancipation -- Information wanted. The Irish in America -- Eyewitness news -- The kidnapping of Charley Ross -- Personals. A view to matrimony -- A thousand words -- The legend of Belle Gunness -- Chance encounters -- Help-wanted. -- Large families wanted -- Fresh breast of milk -- A plain, round hand -- Swap. Free press -- Down and out -- The suburban trading post.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index.

Lost and found. Victorian objects of desire -- The spoils of war -- Lost en route -- Bestial wanderlust -- Bitch, best friend, baby -- Coin return -- The runaway slave notice. Cold profiles -- The will of the captured -- We hold these truths to be self-evident -- Emancipation -- Information wanted. The Irish in America -- Eyewitness news -- The kidnapping of Charley Ross -- Personals. A view to matrimony -- A thousand words -- The legend of Belle Gunness -- Chance encounters -- Help-wanted. -- Large families wanted -- Fresh breast of milk -- A plain, round hand -- Swap. Free press -- Down and out -- The suburban trading post.

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