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Book Title: Tracing The Essay: Through Experience To Truth
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: G. Douglas Atkins
Publication Name: Tracing the Essay : Through Experience to Truth
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
