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Book Title: Poem That Changed America
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Jason Shinder
Original Language: English
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General, Poetry
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
