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Barefoot mailman by theodore pratt 19430601 hardcover. This is a pleasant enough comedy set in turnofthecentury miami as bob cummings plays a swindler whos been swindled. The barefoot mailman is a comedyadventure film starring robert cummings and distributed by columbia pictures in 1951. Miami dadeland mall, palm beach mall, pompano beachs fashion square mall, tyrone square st petersburg orlando fashion. The barefoot mailman written by theodore pratt takes us along what used to be the old mail route back between 1885 1892. Buy the barefoot mailman first edition by theodore pratt isbn. The family later moved to new rochelle, new york, where theodore attended high school. South florida motel beach, shops, fishing barefoot. Barefoot mailman by pratt, theodore 1943 hardcover by theodore pratt a copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition.
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