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Kate Rice

Prospector

by Helen Duncan


ISBN: 0889242100
ISBN-13: 9780889242104
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd
Published date: 2002
Pages: 200

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Duncan, Helen
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Duncan, Helen
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