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    The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II)
    The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II)
    The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II)
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    The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II)

    By James Hogg

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II)
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    James Hogg

    James Hogg previously collaborated with Robert Sellers on What's the Bleeding Time?, the biography of James Robertson Justice. He has contributed to several books and acted as consultant to television programmes, all on British comedy. He is the commercial manager of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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