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Book Title: Down Among the Dead Men
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Bernard Van Dieren
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, Composers & Musicians
Publisher: Noverre Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 282 Pages
