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    The Blow Dried Cat: And Other Island Stories
    The Blow Dried Cat: And Other Island Stories
    The Blow Dried Cat: And Other Island Stories
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    The Blow Dried Cat: And Other Island Stories

    By Jay Stailey

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    The greatest hits of a school principal-turned-storyteller. A collection of humorous stories and tall tales, some based on urban legends and some original, honed in oral performance and written by a storyteller of national repute
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
    Release dateMay 7, 2014
    ISBN9781624910357
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