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Book Title: This Is the Beat Generation : New York-San Francisco-Paris
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: James Campbell
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / France, General, Poetry, Literary, American / General, Sociology / Urban
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 333 Pages
