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Book Title: Horace Tabor : HIS Life and the Legend
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 1.1in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Duane A. Smith
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Topic: Adventurers & Explorers, Political, Historical, Business
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication Year: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 395 Pages
