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- Author: John G Rogers
- Date: 01 Apr 1984
- Publisher: MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Hardback::215 pages
- ISBN10: 0913372315
- ISBN13: 9780913372319
- File size: 23 Mb
- Dimension: 148x 221x 23mm::508g
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