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LEADER: 01072nam a22002898a 4500
001 2009052211
003 DLC
005 20100213151830.0
008 100115s2010 nyu b 000 1 eng
010 $a 2009052211
020 $a9780810940659
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aPZ7.H96754$bQui 2010
082 00 $a[Fic]$222
100 1 $aHyatt, Patricia Rusch.
245 14 $aThe Quite Contrary Man :$ba true American tale /$cby Patricia Rusch Hyatt ; illustrated by Kathryn Brown.
260 $aNew York :$bAbrams Books for Young Readers,$c2010.
263 $a1011
300 $ap. cm.
520 $aIn 19th century New England, Joseph Palmer flaunts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is sent to jail.
650 1 $aDissenters$vFiction.
650 1 $aObstinacy$vFiction.
650 1 $aBeards$vFiction.
650 1 $aConduct of life$vFiction.
651 1 $aNew England$xHistory$y19th century$vFiction.
700 1 $aBrown, Kathryn,$d1955-$eill.