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Book Title: Thurber Texas: The Life And Death Of A Company Coal Town
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Thurber Texas : the Life and Death of a Company Coal Town
Publisher: State House Press
Publication Year: 2005
Subject: United States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Sociology / General
Item Height: 0 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: John S. Spratt
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Perfect
