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Book Title: Silence On The Mountain: Stories Of Terror, Betrayal, And Fo...
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Daniel Wilkinson
Publication Name: Silence on the Mountain : Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions Ser.
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
