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Learning To Read And Write In Colonial America
by E. Jennifer Monaghan
ISBN: 1558494863
ISBN-13: 9781558494862
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Published date: 2005
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.86 pounds
Pages: 491
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