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    <title>lion among men</title>
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    <namePart>Maguire, Gregory.</namePart>
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  <genre authority="lcgft">Fantasy fiction.</genre>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>William Morrow</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2008</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xviii, 312 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>In this third novel of the "New York Times" bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for death. But before she can die, the Cowardly Lion arrives seeking knowledge about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West--the woman who had defended him when he was a cub.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Gregory Maguire ; with illustrations by Douglas Smith.</note>
  <note>"Volume 3 in the Wicked years."</note>
  <note>Maps on end papers.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Oz (Imaginary place)</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780060859725 (Trade Paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780063398382</identifier>
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