The ferryman : production material.

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The ferryman : production material.

Ink & pencil dummy with text proof & typescript. Daniel, a simple Breton ferryman, yearly outwits the devil when he keeps coming for his due, until he finally gets the chance to get rid of him forever by uttering the one word the devil can't repeat during a repetition game.

Illustrations: 1 item.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7813627

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974

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Kurt Wiese was born April 22, 1887, in Minden, Germany and died May 27, 1974, in Idell, New Jersey. He married Gertrude Hansen (a realtor), June 26, 1930. He was a Freelance writer and illustrator of books, including almost four hundred books by other authors. From the guide to the Kurt Wiese papers, 1929-1962, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) German children's author/illustrator, born in Minden, Germany in 1887. He moved to the U...

Bishop, Claire Huchet

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