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Item Length: 9in
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Author: Michael Ford
Publication Name: North Mississippi Homeplace : Photographs and Folklife
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
