Telegram!
modern history as told through more than 400 witty, poignant, and revealing telegrams
1st ed.
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Word Count
51,750 words, Guess
Page Count
207 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3686438M
- ISBN-100805071016
- OCLC Control Number52121483
- OCLC Control Numbertelegrammodernhi0000rose
- Library of Congress Control Number2003049913
and 2 more
- Goodreads1331030
- LibraryThing172690
Classifications
- DDC973.9
- LCCD351 .R57 2003
First Sentence
CONCISE. COMPRESSED. CONDENSED. This was the character of most telegrams, but there were occasions when these qualities were taken to an extreme, and the fact that you could send first up to ten, then fifteen, words for the same price as one was totally ignored.
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- Telegram!: modern history as told through more than 400 witty, poignant, and revealing telegrams
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