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Book Title: TROY : a Collar City History
Item Length: 10in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 7in.
Author: DON Rittner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: History
Item Weight: 17.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 162 Pages
