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Book Title: Plea for Captain John Brown : (Henry David Thoreau Classics Collection)
Number of Pages: 28 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: General
Item Height: 0.1 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 3.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Henry D. Thoreau
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
