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The Man who Lives in Paradise: The Autobiography of A. C. Gilbert
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award. He also owned a nearby 600-acre estate that he called
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called Maraldene which included kennels where Gilbert bred
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468:Gilbert Knots & Splices with Rope-Tying Tricks
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504:Gilbert Mineralogy: Fun with Minerals
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559:Gilbert, Alfred Carlton. (1954).
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409:The Man Who Saved Christmas
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416:. He was portrayed by
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667:Watson, Bruce (2002).
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450:Gilbert Chemical Magic
156:Alfred Carlton Gilbert
30:Alfred Carlton Gilbert
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406:The television movie
247:A. C. Gilbert Company
176:American Flyer Trains
168:A. C. Gilbert Company
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231:1908 Summer Olympics
196:Forest Grove, Oregon
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710:Walsh, Tim (2005).
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357:Hamden, Connecticut
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