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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

by Norman Hunter · 1933

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Still one of the immortals of children's literature - Professor Branestawm's continues to amuse generations of young readers.

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The wonderfully nutty, fabulously entertaining mishaps of Professor Branestawm. He's madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor Branestawm is the most absent-minded inventor you'll ever meet and no matter how hard he tries his brilliant ideas never seem to keep him out of crazy scrapes.

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childrens
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medium · 235 pages
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