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Book Title: Indians And British Outposts In Eighteenth-Century America
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Indians and British Outposts in Eighteenth-Century America
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Europe / Great Britain / General, North America, United States / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Daniel Ingram
Subject Area: History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
