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The Return of Carvajal : A Mystery /

In 2017, the New York Times announced that the long-lost memoir of Luis de Carvajal the Younger had been rediscovered. Considered the first autobiography by a Jew in the Americas, the book had been stolen decades earlier from Mexico's National Archives. Here, Ilan Stavans recounts the extraordi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stavans, Ilan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Eko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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