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Book Title: Imagining Tombstone : the Town Too Tough to Die
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), United States / 19th Century, Popular Culture, United States / 21st Century
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Kara L. Mccormack
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
