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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Doctorow, E. L.
Billy Bathgate: a novel / E. L. Doctorow
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-76738-7
1. Schultz, Dutch, 1900 or 1-1935–Fiction. 2.
Criminals–New York (State)–
New York–Fiction. I. Title
PS3554.O3B55 1998
813′.54–dc21 98–19318
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