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Book Title: Sojourn
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: War & Military, Literary, Historical
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7 Oz
Item Length: 7.5 in
Author: Andrew Krivak
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
