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Ordeal by Fire
The Civil War and Reconstruction
by James M. McPherson
ISBN: 0070458421
ISBN-13: 9780070458420
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Published date: 1991
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.35 pounds
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Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction
James M. McPherson
McGraw-Hill Companies, 1991-09. Hardcover. Very Good. No jacket, clean text, no marking or highlights, tight binding. ( more information) Offered by Bookity-Books (United States)
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