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First Edition: March 2025

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mulrooney, Kristen, author. | Altbauer, Robert, illustrator.

Title: How not to be a basic peasant : a medieval bard’s guide to living your best life / Kristen Mulrooney ; illustrated by Robert Altbauer.

Description: First edition. | Philadelphia : Running Press, 2025.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024025758 (print) | LCCN 2024025759 (ebook) | ISBN 9780762487936 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780762487943 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Middle Ages—Humor. | Peasants—Humor. | Self-actualization (Psychology)—Humor. | LCGFT: Humor.

Classification: LCC PN6231.M48 M85 2025 (print) | LCC PN6231.M48 (ebook) | DDC 940.1002/07—dc23/eng/20240626

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024025758

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024025759

ISBNs: 978-0-7624-8793-6 (hardcover); 978-0-7624-8794-3 (ebook)

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