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Book Title: Canoeing the Great Plains Industries : a Missouri RIVER Summer
Item Length: 8.8in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.7in
Author: Patrick Dobson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Idaho, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Personal Growth / General, United States / MidWest / General, Personal Memoirs, Canoeing, Customs & Traditions, United States / MidWest / West North Central (IA, Ks, MN, MO, North Dakota, Ne, Sd)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
