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Item Weight: 0.47 lbs
Book Title: Ladies of the Lights : Michigan Women in the U. S. Lighthouse Service
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Patricia Majher
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Women, Navigation, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), American Government / National
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Transportation, History, Political Science
Number of Pages: 136 Pages
