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008 970218s1997 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a 97006467
020 _a0805037586 (alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
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050 0 0 _aPS3566.Y55
_bM37 1997
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084 _a18.06
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100 1 _aPynchon, Thomas.
_926672
245 1 0 _aMason & Dixon /
246 3 _aMason and Dixon
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHenry Holt,
_c1997.
300 _a773 p. ;
_c25 cm.
520 _aThe lives of two 18th century British astronomers who surveyed the boundary which settled a dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, and was later extended to become the boundary between free and slave states, the Mason-Dixon line. The novel describes their work in Africa and America, and traces their relationship. By the author of Vineland.
600 1 0 _aMason, Charles,
_d1728-1786
_xFiction.
_932815
600 1 0 _aDixon, Jeremiah
_xFiction.
_932816
650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_xFiction.
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650 0 _aBritish
_zUnited States
_xFiction.
_932818
650 0 _aSurveying
_xFiction.
_932819
650 0 _aSurveyors
_xFiction.
_932820
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775
_xFiction.
_932821
651 0 _aPennsylvania
_xFiction.
_932822
651 0 _aMaryland
_xFiction.
_932823
655 7 _aBiographical fiction.
_2gsafd
_932824
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2gsafd
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856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a1m2-aa
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/97006467-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/97006467-d.html
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