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Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Thomas Larson
Publication Name: Memoir and the Memoirist : Reading and Writing Personal Narrative
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
