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Newport: A Writer's Beginnings

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Book Title: Newport : a Writer's Beginnings

Number of Pages: 196 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: CreateSpace

Topic: Literary

Item Height: 0.5 in

Publication Year: 2012

Genre: Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 12.5 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: Michael Hogan

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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