Arnold's sea of faithlessness: Margaret, the merman, and the cry of the children

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Merchant, P. 1991. Arnold's sea of faithlessness: Margaret, the merman, and the cry of the children. Children's Literature in Education. 22 (4), pp. 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01139478

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Authors	Merchant, P.
Year	1991
Journal	Children's Literature in Education
Journal citation	22 (4), pp. 237-246
ISSN	0045-6713
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01139478
Print	Dec 1991
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