Concise History America and Its People
- ISBN-10
- 0673467813
- ISBN-13
- 9780673467812
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 415
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harpercollins College Division
- Author
- James Kirby Martin
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