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The Undying West

A Chronicle of Montana's Camas Prairie

by Carlene Cross

ISBN: 1555914322
ISBN-13: 9781555914325
Format: Paperback

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Publisher: Fulcrum Pub
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 225

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