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Book Title: Blind Rain : Poems
Number of Pages: 80 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: LSU Press
Topic: General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.2 in
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Bruce Bond
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
