Bird Cloud: A Memoir Of Place

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Book Title: Bird Cloud : a Memoir of Place

Item Length: 8.4in.

Item Height: 0.8in.

Item Width: 5.5in.

Author: Annie Proulx

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Design & Construction, Women Authors, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Idaho, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, American / General, Regional, Essays

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Year: 2011

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Nature, Travel, House & Home, Literary Criticism

Item Weight: 8.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages