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Book Title: Canoeing in the Wilderness
Number of Pages: 86 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: General
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Henry D. Thoreau
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
