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Book Title: America: an Album : Eighty Poems of Our History from Godey's Lady's Book
Number of Pages: 236 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: United States / 19th Century
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: History
Item Weight: 11.9 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Deborah Halliday
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
