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Book Title: Alaska's Whaling Coast
Item Length: 9.6in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 6.7in.
Author: Dale Vinnedge
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Animals / Marine Life, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Photography, Nature, History
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 130 Pages
