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Book Title: Gilded Age Cato: The Life Of Walter Q Gresham
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Charles W. Calhoun
Publication Name: Gilded Age Cato : the Life of Walter Q. Gresham
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
