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Book Title: Blood Memory : the Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animals / Mammals, United States / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 36.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
