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Republican Like Me

Infiltrating Red-state, White-ass, And Blue-suit America

by Harmon Leon

ISBN: 1591023602
ISBN-13: 9781591023609
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published date: 2005
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 281

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