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Material type: TextDescription: 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780803739246 (hbk.)
- 0803739249 (hbk.)
- M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Juvenile fiction
- M�alzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838 -- Fiction
- Chess -- Juvenile fiction
- Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction
- Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
- Robots -- Juvenile fiction
- Chess -- Fiction
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- Poverty -- Fiction
- Robots -- Fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- [Fic] 23
- PZ7.B5338 Cur 2014
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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JF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Fiction | J BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34480000515100 |
In 1835, when his father's put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, 12-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety.
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