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Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
NoveList Series:
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 21.
Series:
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series ; volume 21.
Published:
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020].
Physical Desc:
242 pages ; 25 cm.
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"The next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not. Who can say?"--

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Botswana -- Fiction.
Elephants -- Fiction.
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) -- Fiction.
Ramotswe, Precious -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Women private investigators -- Botswana -- Fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.

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Edition:
First United States edition.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781524749361

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"The next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not. Who can say?"--,Provided by publisher.

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McCall Smith, A. (2020). How to raise an elephant. First United States edition. New York, Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-. 2020. How to Raise an Elephant. New York, Pantheon Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-, How to Raise an Elephant. New York, Pantheon Books, 2020.

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McCall Smith, Alexander. How to Raise an Elephant. First United States edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 2020.

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