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Book Title: Kingsport, Tennessee: A Planned American City
Item Length: 9.6in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6.3in
Author: Margaret Ripley Wolfe
Publication Name: Kingsport, Tennessee : a Planned American City
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Year: 1994
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
