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    Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
    Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
    Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
    Audiobook3 hours

    Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales

    Written by Charles B. Cory

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    This is a collection of weird tales inspired from the natural history expeditions of the author, an independently wealthy bird collector, Olympic golfer, writer of many books on birds of the world, and, as evidenced in these pages, a fine storyteller to boot. (Summary by A. Gramour)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

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