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Book Title: Alone in America : the Stories That Matter
Item Length: 7.8in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: Robert A. Ferguson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: American / General, Emotions, United States / General
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism, Psychology, History
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
