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Book Title: Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated From The Gri...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Coleen Friel, James B. Jacobs, Robert Raddick
Publication Name: Gotham Unbound : How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
