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Book Title: First Across The Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: First Across the Continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Barry Gough
Series: The Oklahoma Western Biographies Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
