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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition November 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zoglin, Richard.
Hope : entertainer of the century / Richard Zoglin. —First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Hope, Bob, 1903–2003. 2. Comedians—United States—Biography. I. Title.
PN2287.H63Z85 2014
792.702'8092—dc23
[B] 2014014371
ISBN 978-1-4391-4027-7
ISBN 978-1-4391-4858-7 (ebook)