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- 1 2 Famous First Facts (7th ed.). New York: H. W. Wilson Company. 2015. ISBN 978-1-61925-468-8 . Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries and Inventions in the United States. By Joseph Nathan Kane. Illustrated. 757 pp. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company. $3.50". The New York Times . May 14, 1933. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ↑ Severo, Richard (September 27, 2002). "Joseph Nathan Kane Dies; Master of Minutiae Was 103". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ↑ Altschiller, Donald (February 12, 2012). "In Praise of Reference-Book Authors". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- ↑ "Joseph Nathan Kane". Current Biography . Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ↑ Podell, Janet; Anzovin, Steven (2006). Famous First Facts (6th ed.). New York: H. W. Wilson Company. p. vii.
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