Heads & headlines : the phrenological Fowlers / Madeleine B. Stern.

Main entry:

Stern, Madeleine B., 1912-2007, author.

Title & Author:

Heads & headlines : the phrenological Fowlers / Madeleine B. Stern.

Edition:

[First edition].

Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1971]
©1971

Description:

xx, 348 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-330) and index.

Summary:

The story of the Fowler family of New York, the "leading exponents of phrenology - character analysis based on the conformation of the skull.

ISBN:

0806109785
9780806109787

Subject:

Fowler, L. N. (Lorenzo Niles), 1811-1896.
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.
Fowler, Lydia Folger, 1823-1879.
Fowler, Orson Squire, 1809-1887.
Phrenology.
Phrénologie.
phrenology.

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 123428
Call No.: W3047; ID:86-B5206
Status: Available

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