Prodigy

by Amy Wallace
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Prodigy
 
by
Amy Wallace
 
published June 26th 1986 by Dutton Adult
binding Hardcover
isbn 0525244042   (isbn13: 9780525244042)
pages 297
date added
06-05-07



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HRT
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03/11/08

bookshelves: biographies, geniuses-and-prodigies
Sidis comes across as a sympathetic character out of step with his cultural times. Oddball tidbit: he was the cousin of Clifton Fadiman. A good read.
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01/20/08

Biography of William James Sidis, brilliant child prodigy. Media darling til the press turned hostile and hounded him into obscurity.
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