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Book Title: Historic Photos of Steamboats on the Mississippi
Number of Pages: 202 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: United States / State & Local / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Dean M. Shapiro
Book Series: Historic Photos Ser.
Item Width: 8.8 in
Format: Hardcover
