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Route 66: The Highway And Its People

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Book Title: Route 66 : the Highway and Its People

Item Length: 10in

Item Height: 0.4in

Item Width: 8.5in

Author: Susan Croce Kelly

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / West / General, Individual Photographers / General, United States / 19th Century

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Publication Year: 1990

Genre: Photography, Travel, History

Item Weight: 22.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

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