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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Birdsall, John, author.
Title: The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard / John Birdsall.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020015582 | ISBN 9780393635713 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780393635720 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Beard, James, 1903–1985. | Cooks—United States—Biography. | Gay men—United States—Biography.
Classification: LCC TX649.B43 B57 2020 | DDC 641.5092 [B]—dc23
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