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Book Title: Jedediah Smith : No Ordinary Mountain Man
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Barton H. Barbour
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Adventurers & Explorers, General
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
