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By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780803739246 (hbk.)
  • 0803739249 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.B5338 Cur 2014
Summary: 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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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JF 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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