Cartoon: "The first book to open with the phrase 'It was a dark and stormy night' was Pharnon the Shipbuilder and the God of the Waves, by Armitridos, a Phoenician, written in 831 B.C."

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Title: Cartoon: "The first book to open with the phrase 'It was a dark and stormy night' was Pharnon the Shipbuilder and the God of the Waves, by Armitridos, a Phoenician, written in 831 B.C."
Author: Kurt Erichsen
Year: 1980
Type: Interior Art

Editions/Publications:

1980 . Noreascon Two Program Book (1980, Kurt Erichsen, Massachusetts Convention Fandom Inc., ISBN-10: 096031461X, 160 pages, Trade Paperback, Non-fiction)

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