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• Winner of the Oppenheim Gold Award

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The Great Antonio Linen bean filled body ensure thisThe larger than life strongman with muscles as big as his heart. What made the Great Antonio so great? He weighed as much as a horse! He once wrestled a bear. He could devour twenty five roasted chickens at one sitting. In this whimsical book, beloved author and illustrator Elise Gravel tells the true story of Antonio Barichievich, the larger than life Montreal strongman who had muscles as big as his heart.