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Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 133 pages

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN-10: 0060171065

ISBN-13: 9780060171063

Dimensions: 5.81 x 8.49 x 0.73 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.60 lbs

Categories: Literary Biography & Literary Autobiography

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