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Author Colt, George Howe.

Title Brothers : George Howe Colt on his brothers and brothers in history / George Howe Colt.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.875 COLT, GEORGE HOWE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  306.875 COL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.875 COLT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.8752 C72    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  306.8752 COLT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  306.8752 COLT    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  306.8752 COLT    Check Shelf
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description x, 465 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-445) and index.
Contents The Colt boys -- Good brother, bad brother: Edwin and John Wilkes Booth -- The fallout shelter -- Brother against brother: John and Will Kellogg -- Baseball -- Brother's keeper: Vincent and Theo Van Gogh -- Under the influence -- Brothers, Inc.: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx -- Aerogrammes -- The lost brother: John and Henry David Thoreau -- The Colt men.
Summary In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how his own brothers shaped his life to an examination of the complex relationships between iconic brothers in history.
Subject Colt, George Howe -- Family.
Brothers -- Case studies.
ISBN 9781416547778 hardback alkaline paper $30.00
1416547770 hardback alkaline paper
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