Motel of the mysteries. (Record no. 54269)
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| fixed length control field | 01444nam a2200217 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | D6454064ABD64B1386D227BE37567CFD |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20160315130825.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 070831s19uu 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0395284252 (pbk. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Macaulay, David. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Motel of the mysteries. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Boston : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Houghton Mifflin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1979. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 95 p. : ill |
| Dimensions | 29 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that |
| 600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | extraordinary civilization. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civilization, Modern--1950---Humor. |
| Source of heading or term | sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | North America--Antiquities--Humor. |
| Geographic subdivision | sears |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| General subdivision | sears |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Dates associated with a name | local |
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