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The jinx ship : the dark adventures that befell Tod Moran when he shipped as fireman aboard the tramp steamer "Congo," bound out of New York for Caribbean ports

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Description: The Congo is a vessel which is dogged by disaster. Tod Moran signs on as a fireman and at once is plunged into thrilling adventure.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1946.
Call number: 654752
Creator: Pease, Howard (1894-1974)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Roger S. Hong, June 2006. From the Hong family library.
Dimensions: 21 cm
Associated people: Hong, You Chung, (1898-1977,); Hong, Mabel, (1907-1998,); Hong, Roger S., (1941-2006,)
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