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Item Weight: 0.85 lbs
Book Title: Twilight ON the Thunderbird : a Memoir of Quileute Indian Life
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Howard Hansen
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, United States / General
Publisher: Vertvolta Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
