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Credits
Published by ABDO Publishing Company, 8000 West 78th Street, Edina,
Minnesota 55439. Copyright © 2011 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc.
International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
The Essential Library™ is a trademark and logo of ABDO Publishing Company.

Printed in the United States of America,

North Mankato, Minnesota
062010
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Editor: Mari Kesselring

Copy Editor: Jennifer Joline Anderson
Interior Design and Production: Marie Tupy
Cover Design: Marie Tupy

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pratt, Mary K.
How to analyze the films of Quentin Tarantino / Mary K. Pratt.
p. cm. — (Essential critiques)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-61613-529-4
1. Tarantino, Quentin—Criticism and interpretation—Juvenile literature. I.
Title.
PN1998.3.T358P73 2010
791.4302’33092—dc22
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