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Book Title: Religion, Art, and Money : Episcopalians and American Culture from the Civil War to the Great Depression
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Peter w. Williams
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christian Church / History, Christianity / Episcopalian, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
