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Banquet at Delmonico's by Barry Werth

Banquet at Delmonico's

Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America

by Barry Werth
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  • Jan 6, 2009, 400 pages
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  • Apr 2011, 400 pages
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