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Book Title: Bronx Nobody Knows : an Urban Walking Guide
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1.4in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: William B. Helmreich
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Special Interest / General, Social History, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Sociology / Urban
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Travel, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 29.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 472 Pages