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Book Title: Life of a Soldier ON the Western Frontier
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Jeremy Agnew
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / United States, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, United States / General, Military, Native American
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
