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Book Title: Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County
Item Length: 10in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 8in
Author: Frances Taliaferro Thomas
Original Language: English
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, FL, GA, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV)
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 37.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
