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Book Title: Ghost Fleet Awakened : Lake George's Sunken Bateaux of 1758
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Joseph w. Zarzynski
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Archaeology, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Publisher: STATE University of NY Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Transportation, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 284 Pages
