The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear : being the demibiography of a seagoing bear, with numerous illustrations and excerpts from the 'Encyclopaedia of the marvels, life forms and other phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs' by Professor Abdullah Nightingale
Moers, Walter, 1957-2001
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Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives.
Main title:
The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear : being the demibiography of a seagoing bear, with numerous illustrations and excerpts from the 'Encyclopaedia of the marvels, life forms and other phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs' by Professor Abdullah Nightingale / Walter Moers ; translated by John Brownjohn.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2001.
Collation:
702p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 2000.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
0099285320 (pbk)9780099285328
Dewey class:
833.9'2F
Local class:
FSF MOE 7
Language:
EnglishGerman
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Index terms:
RFW69RFW
BRN:
235964