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Representative Americans
The Revolutionary Generation
by Norman K. Risjord
ISBN: 0742520757
ISBN-13: 9780742520752
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Published date: 2001
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
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