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Book Title: Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women : Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Women's Studies, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Author: Kami Ahrens
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
