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    <title>book about names</title>
    <subTitle>in which custom, tradition, law, myth, history, folklore, foolery, legend, fashion, nonsense, symbol, taboo help explain how we got our names and what they mean</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Meltzer, Milton</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1915-2009</namePart>
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    <namePart>Richter, Mischa</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1910-2001</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Crowell</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1984</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1984</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>128 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Offers tidbits from history, folklore, tradition, and other sources that help explain how people got their names and what they mean.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Milton Meltzer ; drawings by Mischa Richter.</note>
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    <topic>Juvenile literature</topic>
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    <topic>Folklore</topic>
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    <topic>Juvenile literature</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">CS2305 .M44 1984</classification>
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  <identifier type="isbn">0690043805</identifier>
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