The signature of all things

Gilbert, Elizabeth 1969- (Author).

Summary: "Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia."--

Item details

ISBN: 9780670024858 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0670024856 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780670015856 (export ed.)
ISBN: 0143125842 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780143125846 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Viking, [2013]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

The tree of fevers -- The plum of White Acre -- The disturbance of messages -- The consequence of missions -- The curator of mosses.

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