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In a Far Country
The True Story of a Mission, a Marriage, a Murder,and the Remarkable Reindeer Rescue of 1898
by John Taliaferro
ISBN: 1586482211
ISBN-13: 9781586482213
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Public Affairs
Published date: 2006
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 400
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