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Ghost storyteller: Peter Straub looks more like the English teacher he almost became than the author of Ghost Story and other macabre tales
Ghost storyteller: Peter Straub looks more like the English teacher he almost became than the author of Ghost Story and other macabre tales

Ghost storyteller: Peter Straub looks more like the English teacher he almost became than the author of Ghost Story and other macabre tales

Date1/22/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ghost storyteller: Peter Straub looks more like the English teacher he almost became than the author of Ghost Story and other macabre tales.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0100204F
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