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Dr Potter's medicine show /

Disgraced Civil War surgeon, Dr. Alexander Potter, now con artist and snake-oil seller, travels the wet roads of the Pacific Northwest with a disheartened company of strongmen, illusionists, fortunetellers and musical whores. Under their mysterious and murderous leader they entertain the masses whil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fischl, Eric Scott (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Nottingham, UK : Angry Robot, 2017.
Subjects:	Medicine shows > Fiction. Physicians > Fiction. Quacks and quackery > Fiction. Spectacles de charlatans > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Médecins > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Medicine shows. Physicians. Quacks and quackery. Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Science fiction.

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